Quizlet Vocabulary: Immigration Calculations

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  1. H-1B visa: employment certification or work permit issued by the Immigration & Naturalization Service to a foreign worker who has special high skills to work legally in the U.S. for a limited period of time
  2. ambivalent: not sure whether you want or like something or not
  3. angst: strong feelings of anxiety and sadness because you are worried about your life
  4. challenge: something that test your skill or ability
  5. contribute: to help make something good happen; to join with others in giving help or money, etc. to a common cause
  6. cutting edge: the newest design or the most advanced way of doing something
  7. demand: to ask strongly for something
  8. distinguish: to recognize or understand the difference between things or people
  9. diverse: very different from each other
  10. dynamic: interesting, exciting, and full of energy and determination to succeed
  11. economy: the way that money, businesses, and products are organized in a particular country, area, etc.
  12. exclusive: not including something, only
  13. generate: to produce or make something
  14. hourglass: a glass container for measuring time, in which sand moves from the top half through a narrow middle part to the bottom half in exactly one hour
  15. immigrant: a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence
  16. impact: the effect that an event or situation has on someone or something
  17. metaphor: a way of describing something by comparing it to something else that has similar qualities, without using the words “like” or “as.”
  18. migrant: a person who moves regularly in order to find work especially in harvesting crops
  19. predominately: mostly or mainly
  20. workforce: all the people who work in a particular country, industry or company