Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• per year: For each year; annually.
• after all: In spite of what was expected; used to introduce a statement that supports a previous statement or explains why it was made
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• consider: To think carefully about something
• mess: Something that is untidy, dirty or unclean
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• solitary: Done alone; spending a lot of time alone
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• cruel: Hurtful; acting to hurt others intentionally
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• arguably: Highly likely to be true but not certainly true
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• attribute: (Of books, art, music) to say it was composed by
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
• magnitude: Number representing force of an earthquake
• scary: Causing fear; frightening
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• piece: A counter in a board game
• animate: To give life, energy, or motion to something
• violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• incarceration: Act of putting in prison
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• razor: Tool with a sharp edge used to shave beard or hair
• felony: A serious crime, such as murder
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• incarcerate: To put in prison; to jail someone