Vocabulary

• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• tough questions: Difficult or challenging questions that require careful consideration and honest answers.
• for certain: Definitely; without a doubt.
• pull back: To move to a safer area; retreat
• experience in: Knowledge or skill gained from doing something for a period of time.
• cast a shadow: To cause a shadow to appear.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• barrier: Difficult situation preventing something happening
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• dude: Form of address for a man
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• military: Army or armed forces
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• vanity: When you are too proud of your appearance/ability
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• respond: To answer something or someone
• honor: To fulfill an agreement
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• groove: Long line that is cut into a surface of something
• curtain: Piece of cloth used to cover a window
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• public: Owned by the government
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• pick: Sharp tool used for breaking the ground
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• phony: Not genuine; fake
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• racial: Of or relating to race
• wizard: Man with magical powers
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• descent: Movement downward; movement toward something bad
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• nominate: To choose someone to fill a certain position
• tweet: Weak chirping sound as of a small bird
• prosecutor: Lawyer who tries to prove a person's guilt
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• presidential: Concerning the president
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• call: A order or request for action
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• california: A state in the western United States on the Pacific; the rd largest state; known for earthquakes
• ready: Being likely or about to do something
• ad: Public notice or advertisement