Vocabulary

• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• apartment building: A building with many apartments or flats
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• lead to: To result in some action
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• spike: The top point in a graph
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• dilemma: Position in which you must make difficult choices
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• prestigious: Respected as being important and with high status
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• conundrum: A problem that is puzzling
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• plastic: Stiff but usually flexible man-made material
• solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• fury: Rage; violent anger
• mourn: To feel or show extreme sadness
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• defiance: Unashamed opposition or refusal to abide by rules
• symbolize: To represent to show a thing's essential character
• vigil: Staying up all night, as to watch over sick person
• quash: To stop (a rebellion, etc.) forcefully or violently
• northwestern: Area in the north and west
• protestor: A person who publicly demonstrates strong objection to something.