Vocabulary

• hate crimes: Crimes motivated by prejudice against a person's race, religion, sexual orientation, or other characteristic.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• check out
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• iconic: Being widely recognized as a symbol of something
• consider: To think carefully about something
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• pride: Sense of your own importance and worth
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• stripe: Strip of alternating color in straight lines
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• village: Small town in the country
• marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
• bar: Piece of (soap, chocolate etc.)
• milestone: Significant event in your life (or in a project)
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• flag: To indicate something should get special attention
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• stamp: To press a seal on a document to make it official
• long: Person's name
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• face: To cover a surface with something like paint
• parent: Person's, animal's mother or father
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• inn: Hotel in the country
• police: People, often in uniforms, who solve crimes
• housing: To give someone a place to live
• sex: State of being male or female
• legalize: To make an illegal act legal
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• gay: Happy and bright
• rainbow: Curved line of colors in the sky during rainfall
• milk: White liquid produced by females to feed babies
• stonewall: To obstruct a discussion by asking many questions