Vocabulary

• in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• going on: To continue doing something
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• for instance: As an example.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• as soon as: In a short time after (something happens)
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• at school: Present and attending school.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• scale up: To increase in size, number, or extent.
• in some places: In certain locations or areas, but not all.
• dropping out: To take no part in a society you disapprove of
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in terms of
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• go on: To continue doing something
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• good bit: A significant amount or portion.
• deal with
• mobility: Ability to move
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• graph: Image expressing numerical data in lines or shapes
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• important: Having power or authority
• poor: Inferior; below the normal standard
• small: Little in size; not big
• talk: Style of speaking
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• great: Very good; better than before
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• choosing: To select; decide between several possibilities
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• put: To move or place a thing in a particular position
• rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• internationally: Throughout the world or in many countries
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• earning: To deserve something because you worked for it
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• unequal: Unfair; biased in someone's favor
• relation: Connection between two or more things
• percent: One one-hundredth of a whole; the symbol %
• trust: To expect confidently
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• developed: To explain something in steps and in detail
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• datum: Item of factual information
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• equality: Idea that all people have the same rights
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• mental: Concerning the mind
• manual: Done by hand (not machine)
• closely: In a careful manner
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• index: Number showing how prices, wages changed over time
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• gross: 144 of something; twelve dozen of something
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• classification: Putting similar items into groups or sets
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• constrain: To make someone do something by strong persuasion
• redistribution: Giving out wealth, etc. to someone else
• precede: To happen or come before something
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• psychosocial: Psychological development in social environments
• causality: Being the direct reason for something
• sentencing: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• diagnostic: Concerning finding out the cause of a problem
• fluke: Lucky shot or event that is purely accidental
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• causal: Showing the direct reason for something
• gradient: A measure of how steep something is