Vocabulary

• per year: For each year; annually.
• run in: To arrest person and take them to police station
• back out: To say you will now not do something you promised
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• in terms of
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• ingredient: Food item used when making a meal or drink
• alternative: Something different you can choose
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• soil: Conditions in which something develops
• soar: (Of prices, etc.) to increase a lot in a short time
• creep: To move quietly so as not to be seen
• agriculture: The science of farming
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• harmful: Likely to cause damage or injury
• caffeine: Substance in coffee, etc. that keeps you awake
• patent: Legal protection for inventions or ideas
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
• modify: To make minor change to something
• business: A company formed for making profit
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• virtuous: Having moral goodness
• originally: At first; in the beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• bush: A wooden plant that is smaller than a tree
• lawsuit: A proceeding in law courts to get a legal decision
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• stricken: Affected by an illness, forceful blow, etc.
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• backyard: Made in an amateurish or non-professional way
• profitability: Degree to which money can be made in business