a competitor (RI______)

rival
knowledge or skills in a specific area (Lit______)

literacy
to persuade someone or make someone certain (Con______)

convince
to learn a skill or a language so well that you have no difficulty with it (Mas______)

master
without considering, or being influenced by (REG____)

regardless of
the length of time that someone can keep concentrated on what they are doing (AT____ Sp_____)

attention span
having a lot of money, or enough money to have a good standard of living (We_____)

well-off
the language that you first learn to speak when you are a child (Mo___ T______)

mother tongue
to do well in a particular job or activity compared to others of a similar type (OUT____)

outperform
in a way that is not complete and involves only the most obvious things (SUP_______)

superficially
to provide someone/something with objects that are necessary for a particular purpose (Eq_____)

equip with
a particular attitude towards something; a way of thinking about something (Per______)

perspective
go faster than (OUT______)

outpace
not easy to notice or understand unless you pay careful attention (Su______)

subtle
If a thought or idea ***** you, it comes into your mind (Oc_______)

occur to
the way you think about something and your idea of what it is like (Per________)

perception
argued about, controversial (CONT_____)

contentious
the fact that someone is likely to behave in a particular way, especially a bad way (Pro______)

propensity
to expect someone or something to fail (Gi_____)

give up on
the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it (Exp______)

exposure