Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• off the chart: Extremely high or impressive; beyond the normal scale.
• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• at least: As a minimum
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• much about: A lot of information or knowledge concerning something.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• barely: Only just; just possible
• poverty: State of being poor
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• wrap: Piece of clothing worn loosely on the shoulders
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• pile: Large amount of something
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• blow: To move something using air
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• actual: Real or existing in fact, not imagined; real
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• janitor: a person employed to take care of a large building, such as a school, and who deals with the cleaning, repairs, etc.
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• scrape: To take something off a surface with a sharp tool
• skewed: Not accurate or correct; biased
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• income: Earned money from work, investments or business
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• triple: Group or set of three
• equitable: Fair for all people involved
• shockingly: Extremely or greatly (in a bad way)
• percentile: A range of scores allotted to parts of one hundred
• ole: Dialect another way of saying 'old'