Vocabulary

• got to: To arrive at some place
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• for the benefit: In order to help or be useful to someone or something.
• have to: Must do
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• out of it: Unconscious or not completely alert; dazed or confused.
• out of the way: Remote; isolated.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• come together: To assemble or unite; to start working together.
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• primitive: Lacking a written language and advanced technology
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• prophecy: Statement that something will happen in the future
• blow: To move something using air
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• elegant: Having or showing grace, style or beauty
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• spiral: A continuous curve round a central point
• margin: Edge of an area
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• cluster: To come together in a group, flock etc.
• liquor: Strong alcoholic beverage
• pole: One of two opposite ideas, qualities or positions
• dimension: Number of planes (X, Y, Z axes) an object has
• point: An item to be discussed
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• anthropologist: Person who studies human origins and development
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• disparity: Unfair difference between things; inequality
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• rotation: Regular change of the crops grown in a field
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• workforce: The total number of working people
• epicenter: Point directly above the focus of an earthquake
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• behold: To look at
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• earth: Wire connecting an electrical device to the ground
• punchline: Last line of a joke
• cardinal: Of the greatest importance; paramount
• segregation: Forced separation of people by race, color etc.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• parity: State of being equal in pay, rights, or power
• silicon: Mineral used in making steel and computer parts
• railroad: System of tracks on which trains travel
• campfire: Small outdoor fire for warmth or cooking
• horseshoe: Metal plate nailed to the hoof of a horse
• marginalize: To make a person or group powerless or unimportant
• freeway: Highway that can be used without paying a toll
• dispersion: Process of separating and spreading out