Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• work at: To have a job at a particular place or organization.
• over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• walk back: To retract or reverse a previous statement or position.
• perspective: Artistic method of creating a sense of distance
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• initially: At first; originally
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• perseverance: Act of continuing to try despite difficulties
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• financial: Involving money
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• gender: State of being male or female
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• faculty: Ability to do something with the power of the mind
• nuance: Small, not obvious difference in meaning, etc.
• breakthrough: Important discovery in doing something difficult
• vigorous: Having energy, strength, or good health
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• constructive: Having positive effective results
• germ: Tiny organism that can cause sickness and disease
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• great: Very good; better than before
• business: A company formed for making profit
• flare: To become angry or excited suddenly
• empirical: Based on observation or experiment
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• inhabit: To live in a certain area or place
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• incumbent: A person who holds a particular office or position
• datum: Item of factual information
• toe: One of the five parts at the end of your foot