ambitious

nursery: a place where young plants and trees are grown for sale or for planting somewhere else

monstrosity: something that is very large and very ugly, especially a building

plow through: to make slow progress through something difficult or boring, especially a book, a report, etc.

proxy: a person who has been given the authority to represent somebody else

A stock option gives an investor the right — but not the obligation — to buy or sell a stock at an agreed-upon price and date.

blurt out: to say something suddenly and without thinking carefully enough

boom: to have a period of rapid growth; to become bigger, more successful, etc.

A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape.

lawn: DJ[lɔ:n]

akin: similar to something

deliberately: done in a way that was planned, not by chance

betray: to tell somebody or make them aware of a piece of information, a feeling, etc., usually without meaning to

entity: something that exists separately from other things and has its own identity

proto-: original; from which others develop

kernel: ​the inner part of a nut or seed

Bill Gates "Source Code"

Online Dictionaries Used:

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