Vocabulary

• care for: To want or desire a thing
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in charge: To be responsible for
• up for grabs: Available to anyone who wants them.
• have to: Must do
• get through: To arrive at the end of or finish something
• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• afford: To make available, to provide
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• screw: To cheat someone, as out of money/property
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• suddenly: In an unexpected or very quick manner
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• leave: To go away from; depart
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• bare: Lacking contents; empty
• inequality: Situation where things are not equal, fair
• important: Having power or authority
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• alive: Living; not dead
• great: Very good; better than before
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• racial: Of or relating to race
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food