Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• on cue: At exactly the moment expected or required.
• rev up: To increase the running speed of an engine.
• trickle down: To gradually spread or filter through from top to bottom, especially in economics, referring to the belief that tax cuts or other benefits for the wealthy will ultimately benefit the poor and middle class.
• out of work
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• clothing: Things you wear on your body, e.g. shirt or dress
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• food: What people and animals eat to live
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• housing: To give someone a place to live
• soup: Fairly liquid food made by boiling ingredients
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• model: Being an excellent example of
• century: Period of 100 years
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• rich: Having a lot of money or valuable possessions
• surf: To view webpages on the internet
• engine: Machine that changes energy into mechanical motion
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• financial: Involving money
• planetary: Concerning the orbital characteristics of a planet
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• sewing: To make something using a needle and thread
• risen: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• link: Any one of the rings that are part of a chain
• employer: Person or company that hires workers
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• pollution: Dangerous substances released into an environment
• growth: Improvement, development in a skill over time
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• ecological: Concerning the environment, plants, or animals
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• poverty: State of being poor
• production: Process of producing or growing food naturally
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• devotion: Strong love or attachment; a commitment to
• manufacture: To produce large numbers of products in a factory
• partial: Giving better treatment to one person than another
• anger: To make someone mad, upset, or annoyed
• couch: To formulate in a particular style or language
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• fossil: Plant or animal that became rock after many years
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• discontent: Feeling of dissatisfaction; a lack of contentment
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• productivity: Rate at which people or machines produce
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• sector: Part that a place is divided into
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• intensify: To make something stronger or more extreme
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• solvable: Capable of being solved
• brewing: To make an alcoholic drink e.g. beer
• downturn: Worsening of business or economic activity
• erase: To remove data in computer memory, tape, etc.
• discourse: The study of how we write and speak
• rev: Short form of reverend
• skyrocket: (Prices or things) to increase suddenly
• savvy: Wise; Not easily fooled; Street smart
• reclaim: To get back something that was lost; recover
• cue: Word or action in a play to tell an actor to speak
• abundant: Being in very great supply; plentiful
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has