Vocabulary

• off the rails: Out of control; behaving unpredictably.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• trail: Series of marks or signs left by something moving
• performance: Act of doing something
• blow: To move something using air
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• honest: Good, truthful, sincere, or faithful; trustworthy
• role: Character played by an actor
• anchor: Metal hook on a rope used to stop boats moving
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• point: An item to be discussed
• neighborhood: Area of a town or city that people live in
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• nominee: One put forward or suggested for an award/position
• surrogate: Person appointed in the place of another
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• plane: An airplane
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• weather: Whether it is raining, sunny, cold etc. outside
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• wacky: Quite strange, but in a creative way
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• pew: Long bench, usually used in churches
• warren: Large network of connecting rabbit burrows
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off
• axle: Pole around which wheels, usually two, can turn
• forcefully: Strongly; in a way intended to be effective