Vocabulary

• think about: To consider something carefully.
• reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
• per year: For each year; annually.
• at least: As a minimum
• regardless of
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• phenomenon: Unusual event, fact that can be studied
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• passion: Powerful, positive excitement and interest
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• ethic: Set of moral principles; rules of behavior
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• mandate: To order that something is done
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• efficiency: Working well; producing something without waste
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• employee: Person who works for someone else for payment
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• interactive: Acting or influencing others
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• ingrain: To be deeply attached or fixed in
• overtime: Extra time in a sports game