Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• under the sun: Everything in the world; everything imaginable.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• in sight: Visible; able to be seen.
• at least: As a minimum
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• bad: Not good; wrong
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• living: To be alive
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• bread: Money or earnings
• village: Small town in the country
• play: To act as a character in a movie, or on stage
• sleep: To have enough beds for
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• noun: The subject or object of a sentence
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• add: To include as well
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• join: To bring something close to another, to become one
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• straight: Not having curves, bends, or angles
• dead: Not alive
• battle: Military fight between armies
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• paragraph: Section of writing dealing with one point
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• populated: To live in a particular area, as a group
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• essay: Short piece of written opinion on a subject
• translation: changing text from one language to another; the process of changing something into a different form
• lively: Full of life and energy; merry; animated
• heavily: In a slow, loud manner
• skill: Ability to do something well
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• account: An advantage
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• abstract: Passage of text from an article or book
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• abstraction: Concept or idea related to something not physical
• concrete: Hard building material made of cement, sand, water
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• suffix: Part of a word after the root, e.g. -ment, -ly
• substitute: To perform the tasks instead of someone else
• unpredictable: Difficult to guess about (the future)
• globalization: International spread of something, e.g. company
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• structured: To make or build with an organized framework
• swallow: To believe (something that is not true)
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• contemporary: Being modern, up -to-date, of this age
• considerable: Large in size, amount, or effect
• compel: To force someone to do something
• indication: Something showing something exists or will happen
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
• overload: To make a machine work too hard so it might break
• swift: Quick
• invariably: Each time without change; always
• innate: Being part of something's nature
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• zombie: Dead person who exists among the living
• proliferation: Sudden and fast increase in something
• satirical: Exposing human folly to ridicule
• teem: To have many active living things moving inside
• epistemology: Part of philosophy that is about the study of how we know things
• apocalypse: Great disaster; complete destruction
• unleash: To release or let an animal go
• vigorous: Having energy, strength, or good health
• sap: Foolish person who is easy to trick
• belly: Middle part of the body; the stomach
• favor: Support or approval from people