Vocabulary

• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• drastically: In a sudden, extreme or severe manner
• quality: Feature associated with someone or something
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• stiff: Slang term for a dead body
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• defense: Argument in support of something
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• inability: Lack of ability, power, or means to do something
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• abide: To live somewhere (formal, old-fashioned)
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• handle: To cope with or take responsibility for
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
• compel: To force someone to do something
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• popular: Liked or enjoyed by many people
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• implementation: A practical means for accomplishing something
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• legislature: Official group with the authority to make laws
• unreasonable: Being too high, or otherwise inappropriate
• procedural: Concerning the normal steps taken to do something
• civic: Of a town or city; of rights or duties of citizens
• lawyer: Professional who helps people with the law