Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• have to: Must do
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• set up
• due to: Because of; owing to
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• stand for: To support a particular idea, e.g. in politics
• check out
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• strike: To hit something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• boast: To speak of something with too much pride
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• palm: Inner area of a person's hand
• leave: To go away from; depart
• previously: At an earlier time
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• grit: Strong determination
• humility: Quality of not feeling better than others
• masterpiece: Greatest work, e.g. of a famous artist
• surpass: To go beyond or achieve more than someone
• transaction: An exchange in business usually involving money
• departure: Act of leaving a place, to start a journey
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• paradoxical: Seemingly contradictory but possibly true
• gluten: Mix of sticky plant proteins found in wheat flour
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• calorie: Unit for measuring the amount of energy in food
• convict: Person in prison
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• startup: A company just starting its operations
• less: Smaller in amount or degree
• lofty: Having high goals
• tinker: To make small adjustments to repair or improve
• chapter: Small local group forming part of a larger one
• carb: Short form of carbohydrate
• mush: Something soft and wet and usually thick
• late: At a time after the expected time
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• joke: To say or do things that are meant to be funny
• briskly: In a quick and efficient manner
• candy: Small sweet foods made mostly of sugar