Vocabulary

• strike against: To take action, especially a strike, in opposition to something.
• turn away: To go in a different direction; not face something
• crack down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• urge: A strong desire for something
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• strike: To hit something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• decade: Period of 10 years
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• introduce: To open an essay to set the scene
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• depth: Distance below a surface
• collective: Business owned or controlled by its workers
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• jeopardize: To pose a threat to; present a danger to