Vocabulary

• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• priority: Thing that is more important/urgent than others
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• exception: Something different or not included
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• mandate: To order that something is done
• subordinate: Grammar (of a clause) dependent on the main clause
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• chip: To break a small piece off something such as a cup
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• great: Very good; better than before
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• supply: Availability of products and services for use
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• independence: Having the freedom to make your own decisions
• highlight: Best or most interesting part of something
• cross: Angry and upset
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• ride: Machine at an amusement park for riding on for fun
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• incumbent: A person who holds a particular office or position
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• bumpy: Being rough, or not smooth
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• legislature: Official group with the authority to make laws
• cog: Toothed wheel fitting into others to turn machines
• reunification: State of putting separate things together again
• peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
• renegade: Person who leaves one group to join an opponent
• domestically: With respect to your own country
• yuan: Unit of money in China