Vocabulary

• in part: To some extent; partially.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• paying off: To give money to get person to do something; bribe
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• poverty: State of being poor
• skeptical: Doubting that something is true/probable/useful
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• financial: Involving money
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• address: Exact street location of a place
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• gender: State of being male or female
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• wage: Money paid to a worker for the hours they worked
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• slice: Way of hitting the ball so the ball curves
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• millennial: Concerning a millennium (a thousand years)
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• public: Owned by the government
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• arena: Place to watch sports, performances, entertainment
• part: Division of a book
• evenly: Equally; with advantage to both sides
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• unemployment: Number of people without jobs in a country
• unexpectedly: In a surprising way because not expected
• glare: To look at in an angry manner for a long time
• defer: To hold back to a later time
• apprenticeship: Learning a job from an expert
• vocational: Concerning the training in special job skills
• populist: Politician claiming to represent ordinary people
• policymaker: Someone who makes and decides (government) plans