Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• material: Cloth; fabric
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• staple: Main food of a particular community
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• renaissance: Period of intense activity in art and science
• due: When something is required or expected
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• raw: Being uncontrolled or strong, as your emotions
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• original: Being first made, thought or performed; fresh
• master: To gain control over something
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• century: Period of 100 years
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• sharp: Person's name
• auction: To sell to a person offering the highest price
• ceremony: Special social or religious event
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• popularity: State of being liked or supported by many people
• traditional: Involved in a custom or event common to a people
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• trendy: In the latest style; up to the minute
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• powder: Dry material made up of small powder-like pieces
• elevate: To make something higher
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• craze: Popular or widespread fad, fashion, etc.
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• grandmaster: Chess player of exceptional or world class skill