Vocabulary

• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• sort through: To examine a collection of things in order to organize them, find something specific, or discard unwanted items.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• or simply: Alternatively; in a more straightforward way.
• grapple with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• think back: To recapture the past
• dry up: (Of money etc.) to vanish or be nothing left of it
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• testing ground: A place or situation where something new is tested.
• take in: To allow to enter; receive as a guest
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• presume to: To be audacious enough to do something; to act without permission or right.
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• on the money: Exactly correct or precise.
• in love with: Feeling romantic love for someone.
• seek out: To look for and find someone or something, especially when it is not easy to find.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• got to: To arrive at some place
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in the driver's seat: In a position of control or authority.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• trait: A particular characteristic that can produce a particular type of behavior
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• distinct: Clearly different in nature from something else
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• shift: To change in position or direction
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• venture: (Business) activity involving calculated risks
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• seek: To ask someone for help
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• retail: Business of selling products to the public
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• dedication: Addressing book, song to someone to show respect
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• rapport: Understanding or empathy between two people
• autobiography: Book written by a person about his or her own life
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• exploitation: Abuse of, or selfish behavior towards someone
• versa: used to say that what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
• person: Man, woman or child
• simulate: To copy something or look or behave like it
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• business: A company formed for making profit
• blockbuster: Large, expensive, popular, successful (movie, cd)
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• override: To make (rule or law) not be valid anymore
• discourage: To make a person feel less courageous or hopeful
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• bankruptcy: State of having no money and unable to pay debts
• quotient: Number resulting from dividing a number by another
• conjure: To make an image/idea to come into the imagination
• reed: Person's name
• automation: Use of machines to do tasks once done by people
• ivy: Climbing plant growing up walls of buildings
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer