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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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millennial | adj: relating to a period of a thousand years or the year 2000; (noun) a person born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s, also called Generation Y | |
inherit | v: to receive money, property, or a title from someone after they have died | |
wealth | n: a large amount of money, property, or other things that someone or an organization owns | |
trillion | n: the number 1,000,000,000,000; a million million | |
climate | n: the weather in a particular location averaged over some long period | |
geopolitical | adj: of or relating to political activity or relations between countries and groups of countries, as influenced by the physical features of a country or area | |
instability | n: the state of being unstable or uncertain and likely to change suddenly | |
inequality | n: the unfairness of a society in which some people have more opportunity, money, etc. than others; (mathematics) relation between two values when they are different | |
enormous | adj: extremely large or great | |
define | v: to state or explain precisely the nature, scope, or meaning of something | |
folk | n: people in general, especially those of a particular group or type | |
investor | n: someone who puts money or capital into something to gain financial returns | |
essence | n: the basic or most important part or quality of something that makes it what it is | |
allocate | v: to give or distribute something, such as resources or duties, to someone or something for a particular purpose | |
millennium | n: a span of 1000 years, or the 1000th anniversary (plural: millennia) | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
invest | v: to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or achieve a result | |
environment | n: the natural world such as air, water, and land in which humans, animals, and plants live | |
govern | v: to legally control and direct a country, city, group of people, etc. and be responsible for introducing new laws, organizing and maintaining public services | |
addition | n: the act or process of adding something to something else; the process of adding numbers | |
analyze | v: to think about in-depth and evaluate to discover essential features or meaning | |
fossil | n: any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing that has become hard and turned into rock | |
fuel | n: a substance that is typically burned to generate heat or energy | |
sustainable | adj: able to continue or be continued for a long time | |
relation | n: the way two persons or groups of people feel and act toward one another | |
vision | n: the ability to think about or see the future with imagination and intelligence; the faculty of being able to see | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
sober | adj: not drunk or affected by alcohol; dignified in manner or character and committed to keeping promises | |
survey | n: an investigation of the opinions, behavior, etc. of a particular group of people, made by asking people questions | |
consult | v: to seek or get advice or information from a person, book, or other source having special knowledge on a particular subject | |
institutional | adj: of, in, or relating to a large important organization, such as a university or bank; organized as or forming part of the standard systems, practices, etc. | |
unclear | adj: poorly stated or described and therefore not easy to understand; not easy to perceive | |
unproven | adj: not tested or proved | |
convinced | adj: completely certain about something; having a strong belief or conviction in a particular religion | |
outcome | n: the result or effect of an action, event, etc. | |
necessarily | adv: in an essential manner; in such a way as could not be otherwise | |
anticipate | v: to expect or predict that something will happen; to tell in advance | |
appreciate | v: to value and acknowledge the worth of someone or something; to be grateful for something or someone | |
finance | n: the management of money, credit, banking, and investments, especially by a government or commercial organization; the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets | |
psychology | n: the scientific study of mind and behavior | |
economics | n: the branch of social science that deals with the production, consumption, and transfer of goods and services | |
spirit | n: the part of a person which is the seat of their mind, feelings, and character rather than their physical body; the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people | |
mustache | n: an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip | |
digress | v: to move away from the main subject temporarily, especially in speech or writing | |
firsthand | adv: from the source; directly; (adjective) received directly from a source | |
hyperinflation | n: a condition where the price of everything in a national economy rises very quickly, causing damage to an economy | |
concept | n: an idea or principle associated with something abstract | |
inflation | n: a general and progressive increase in prices; (cosmology) a theory of the exponential expansion of space in the early universe; the act of filling something with air | |
lord | n: a person who has general authority, control, or power over others; a man of noble rank or high office | |
mainstream | n: the ideas, opinions, beliefs, etc., that are considered normal or accepted by most people | |
redefine | v: to change the meaning or interpretation of something; to make people think about something in a new or different way | |
divergent | adj: different or becoming different from another or a standard; tending to move apart in different directions | |
paralysis | n: a condition in which you are unable to move or lose control of part or most of the body because of illness or injury | |
skeptical | adj: doubting that something is accurate or useful | |
incentivize | v: to make someone want to do in a particular way by offering them a reward | |
cherry-pick | v: to choose and take only the best people or most beneficial or profitable things from what is available | |
encourage | v: to give someone support, confidence, or hope; to persuade someone to do or continue to do something by making it easier for them and making them believe it is a good thing to do | |
mass | n: a large amount of a substance with no definite shape or form; a large number of people or things grouped or crowded together | |
paramount | adj: more important than anything else; having superior power and influence or the highest position | |
cabinet | n: a piece of furniture with doors, shelves, and drawers used for storage or display; a small group of senior members of a government who act as official advisers for the President or Prime Minister | |
manufacture | v: to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines | |
outperform | v: to be or do something compared to others of a similar type | |
calculate | v: to judge or find out the amount or number of something by using mathematics | |
forecast | n: a prediction or statement about how something, such as the weather, will develop or what will happen in the future; (verb) to predict the future in advance | |
educated | adj: having received a high standard of education | |
prediction | n: the act of predicting the future by reasoning; a statement made about the future | |
excel | v: to be extremely good at or proficient in doing something | |
spreadsheet | n: a computer program that is used for displaying and dealing with numbers by arranging them in rows and columns | |
thrill | n: a feeling of extreme and sudden excitement and pleasure; to cause someone to feel sudden intense sensation or emotion | |
predict | v: to state beforehand that something will happen in the future, mainly based on knowledge or experience | |
indelible | adj: cannot be removed, erased, or forgot | |
risky | adj: involving the possibility of danger, failure, or loss | |
lever | n: a handle used to operate a vehicle or a machine; a rigid bar resting on a pivot so that one end of it can be pushed or pulled easily | |
improve | v: to make or become better | |
economical | adj: providing a satisfactory return on the money, time, or effort; not using more money, fuel, etc. than necessary | |
virtue | n: high moral standards in behavior or attitudes | |
cycle | n: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; a bicycle or motorcycle | |
eon | n: (also aeon) an indefinite long period of time; the longest division of geological time scale | |
awesome | adj: inspiring fear, admiration, or respect; very good, nice, fun, etc. | |
represent | v: to speak, act, or be present on behalf of another person or group; to form or constitute | |
fellow | adj: someone who has the same job or interests as you, or is in the same class, profession, or situation as you | |
asset | n: something or someone that is useful or valuable quality, skill, etc.; valuable property | |
pension | n: a regular payment to a person made by the government or a private company that is intended to allow them to subsist without working |