Vocabulary

• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• back down: To admit you were wrong; stop claiming
• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• of the like: And similar kinds or types; alike in category.
• going on: To continue doing something
• get it up: To find energy or motivation
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• initially: At first; originally
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• bond: Rope, chain or other thing used to tie someone up
• spike: The top point in a graph
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• asset: Thing that has value to you
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• yield: To bend or break because of a strong force
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• trend: Current style or fashion
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• compete: To try to beat others at something, e.g. a race
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• basis: Main ingredient or part of something
• index: Number showing how prices, wages changed over time
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• guidance: Advice on what to do in school, job, future
• portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• business: A company formed for making profit
• stability: Quality or state of being even or consistent
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• nibble: To take small bites of something, especially food
• dividend: Money given to the owners of stock in a company
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• finally: used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• volatility: Changing from a solid or liquid to a gas
• downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
• pendulum: Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• poof: A footstool to rest your feet on
• chevron: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank