Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• way to go: An expression of encouragement or approval.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• interact with
• hear things: To imagine hearing sounds or voices that are not real.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• by no means: Certainly not; in no way.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• at least: As a minimum
• push back: To force someone to withdraw or retreat
• black and white
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• ritual: Performed as part of a ceremony
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• extreme: Very great in degree
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• academic: Concerning education, schools, universities, etc.
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• address: Exact street location of a place
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• important: Having power or authority
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• merit: To earn something, such as praise or a reward
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• campus: Grounds of an institution, e.g. a university
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• virtuous: Having moral goodness
• perpetuate: To make something continue for a long time
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• grade: To give a road the required angle of slope
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• oppressive: Keeping people under your control, in a cruel way
• inclusion: Act of including; person, thing that is included
• supremacy: State of being greatest or best possible
• academia: Academic world; universities and their staff
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• micro: A prefix meaning 'very small'
• standardize: To change to make everything the same level