Vocabulary

• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• pull over: To bring a vehicle to a stop by side of the road
• go to jail: To be sent to prison as a punishment for committing a crime.
• social stigma: Disapproval or discrimination against a person based on social characteristics that serve to distinguish them from other members of a society.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• physically challenged: A euphemism for having a physical disability.
• balance out: To make or become more equal to another thing
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• color in: To fill a drawing or space with color, often in artwork.
• perceptions of: Ideas, beliefs, or images you have as a result of how you see or understand something.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• stick: To push a sharp or pointed object into something
• material: Cloth; fabric
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• grocery: Daily foods such as flour, sugar, and tinned foods
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• philosophy: Study of ideas about the basic nature of life
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• subconsciously: From the subconscious mind
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• diminish: To make something smaller or less important
• prejudice: Law to make ineffective, e.g. evidence in a trial
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• treadmill: Boring job, with repetitive tasks
• bust: To arrest people involved in crime
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• profoundly: With a great depth psychologically
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• censor: To remove inappropriate material from books, films
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• person: Man, woman or child
• license: To give official permission to do something
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• revolve: To move something in a circular motion
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• discourse: The study of how we write and speak
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• bigotry: Intolerant and prejudiced acts
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• stereotypical: In an inaccurate and simplistic manner
• pointless: Being without a purpose or meaning
• terribly: To an extreme degree; badly; very
• exclusion: Act of preventing someone from taking part
• totalitarian: Of government having total control over its people
• probation: Reporting to police, instead of being jailed
• immoral: Without good moral principles
• restroom: Toilet; bathroom
• breather: Short rest after activity