Vocabulary

• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• lead to: To result in some action
• settle for: To accept something although not satisfied with it
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• speak of: To mention someone or something in conversation.
• on demand: Whenever requested or needed.
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• profound: Requiring deep thought; difficult to understand
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• kinda: Short way of saying 'kind of'
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• melancholy: Having a sad mood or feeling
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• scheme: Plan (sometimes dishonest) to get or do something
• contain: To keep something from spreading
• quest: Long and challenging journey to find something
• orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• chemical: Basic substance produced by mixing elements
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• maintenance: Keeping (a machine) working by checking and fixing
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• pyramid: Four-sided structure with sides meeting at the top
• slide: Part of machines that slides backward and forward
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• boom: Very fast increase in growth or popularity
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• spoiler: Bar mounted on rear of fast car to stop it lifting
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• business: A company formed for making profit
• great: Very good; better than before
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• sophomore: Someone in second year in high school or college
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• internship: Period of time when a person works as an intern
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• study: To focus on learning something usually at school
• spreadsheet: Computer file for performing calculations
• save: To make your computer keep a file
• tab: To press the tab key on a keyboard
• mute: Not willing or being unable to speak
• boardroom: Room where top officials meet
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• freshman: Student in the first year of high school, college
• cute: Attractive in a pretty or endearing way
• whoop: Loud cry expressing excitement or happiness
• indoor: Located, done, or used inside a building
• nah: Way of saying 'No'
• mainframe: Large computer with considerable power
• undecided: Not concluded; needing further thought
• morrow: Next day