Vocabulary

• jail time: A period of imprisonment in a jail or prison.
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• address: Exact street location of a place
• require: To demand that someone does something
• cabinet: Piece of furniture resembling a cupboard
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• investigation: Search for information about something
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• division: How many times a number is contained in another
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• dilute: To make something weaker or less efficient
• scatter: To throw or move into various different directions
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• deep: Complex and important
• propose: To make an offer of marriage
• battle: Military fight between armies
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• summon: To order someone to come, e.g. to a court of law
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• presidential: Concerning the president
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• legislature: Official group with the authority to make laws
• withhold: To hold something back; restrict access to
• oversee: To check on or manage the work of others
• brawl: Noisy quarrel/fight among a group, e.g. in public