Vocabulary

• in the house: Located inside a building used as a dwelling.
• shout out: A public expression of greeting or praise.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• win over: To convince others to support you or your ideas
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• cracking down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• emerged as: To become known or apparent; to come forth as.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• both times: On two occasions.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• in the air: Present or circulating in the atmosphere.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• rise up: To attempt to defeat government or ruler
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• narrative: The telling of a story
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• military: Army or armed forces
• insight: Power to understand people and things very well
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• quiz: A game in which players answer questions on topics
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• dictatorship: Form of government with an absolute rules
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• representative: Typical example of a particular category
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• piece: A counter in a board game
• endorsement: Support for a product for advertising purposes
• point: An item to be discussed
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• great: Very good; better than before
• greet: To meet with friendly words and actions; welcome
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• wire: Thin, flexible thread of metal
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• massacre: Killing of a large number of people
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• plethora: (Formal) a large amount or number of something
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• image: Picture, sculpture or painting of something
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• solstice: Time of year when sun is farthest away from Earth
• turnout: Outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
• electoral: Concerning elections
• coy: Withholding information that could be revealed
• battleground: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• statesman: A respected leader in (international) politics
• lynch: (Of a mob) to illegally put to death by hanging