Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• at least: As a minimum
• run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
• happen on: To find or discover by accident.
• power on: To activate or switch on a device or machine.
• tie in: To make a connection to bring two things together
• certain to: Sure to happen; inevitable.
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• go on: To continue doing something
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• kick off: To start a football match.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• hinges on: Depends entirely on something.
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• pick off: To shoot at objects one by one
• bad idea: An unwise or imprudent course of action.
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• coronavirus: Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of diseases in humans and other animals.
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• crop: Plants grown on a farm for food, e.g. corn or rice
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• schedule: A list of events and their times
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• postpone: To schedule for a later time
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• fill: To make something full
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• dwarf: Person of short stature, due to medical condition
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• electoral: Concerning elections
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• mammoth: Large extinct animal resembling a hairy elephant
• goat: Small animal with beard and horns
• runoff: A second election to find a winner
• socialism: Political system with state control/free benefits
• clinch: To finalize a deal, etc.; prove a point