Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• revenue: Money that is made by or paid to a business
• extreme: Very great in degree
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• express: To send something by fast mail
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• address: Exact street location of a place
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• scientific: Concerning academic study of the physical world
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• respond: To answer something or someone
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• sway: Power or influence to control a person or group
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• dividend: Money given to the owners of stock in a company
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• burn: To destroy with fire
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• happen: To take place or occur
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting