Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• at least: As a minimum
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• such as: For example; like
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• urge: A strong desire for something
• sustainable: Capable of continuing for a long time
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• performance: Act of doing something
• harness: To capture the power of something
• communist: Believer in communism
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• respond: To answer something or someone
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
• investigation: Search for information about something
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fully: Completely or entirely
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• ward: Person's name
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• theoretical: Concerning the unproved aspects of a subject
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• intersect: To divide something by crossing it
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• demolition: Act or state of being destroyed or torn down
• governance: Way a government is run; function of a government
• pagoda: Asian pyramidal temple with a curving roof