Vocabulary

• slow down: To reduce the speed
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• care for: To want or desire a thing
• school of thought: A particular philosophy or set of beliefs; a way of thinking.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• the bottom line: The most important thing; the essential point.
• out of control: Impossible to manage or control.
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• make for: To go to or toward something/someone for a reason
• reduce the risk: To lessen the probability of something dangerous or harmful occurring.
• things change: Circumstances or situations do not remain constant; they evolve or transform over time.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• in disguise: Having altered one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
• blessing in disguise: Something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• tall order: A task or request that is difficult to achieve.
• of a sudden: Quickly and unexpectedly; suddenly.
• bring about: To cause to happen
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• blow: To move something using air
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• illustrate: To supply pictures to go along with words
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• extinction: When every example of animal, plant is dead
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• extinct: (Of animal, etc.) having died out; with none left
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• exaggeration: Act of trying to make things seem more extreme
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• inflict: To make someone endure (something bad)
• sole: The part of your foot which touches the ground
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• entity: Something that exists by itself and is real
• societal: Concerning society or a society
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• infiltrate: To enter a group, place to get secret information
• futile: Having no result; useless
• outcry: Show of anger or unhappiness by many people
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• doomsday: A day said to end time; the end of the world
• ion: Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
• slowdown: Act of slowing down or falling behind