Vocabulary

• buy into: To come to accept an idea or believe in it
• in terms of
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• seek: To ask someone for help
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• click: To work well with someone or something
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• staff: Employees of a company
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• dissent: Difference of opinion; a disagreement
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• business: A company formed for making profit
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• alternatively: (Used when suggesting another choice)
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• reside: To live in; dwell; to be present
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• latitude: Distance north or south of equator shown by a line
• dual: (Of two similar things) existing/used side by side
• residence: Place where a person lives
• citizenship: Status of a citizen who has rights and duties
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• doomsday: A day said to end time; the end of the world
• ancestry: Family or race from which a person is descended
• donation: Gift or money given to help support a cause
• visa: Authorization to enter a foreign country
• passport: Official book of identification allowing travel
• chairman: A man in charge of a meeting
• genealogy: Record of a person's ancestors and descendants
• bloc: People or nations with similar political aims
• changer: A person who changes something
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer