Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• last summer: The summer before this one.
• look back: To think about past events
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• express: To send something by fast mail
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• reckon: To believe or expect that something is true
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• condone: To allow bad behavior, by seeming to ignore it
• savage: Condition of being cruel, violent, uncivilized
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• happen: To take place or occur
• presidential: Concerning the president
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• polarization: Condition of having two opposites
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• assassination: Murder of a public figure by surprise attack
• sick: Having a physical or mental illness
• polarize: To divide opinions into two extremes
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• speaker: Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• husband: Married man
• jump: To attack someone suddenly
• kill: To cause someone to experience a lot of pain
• worried: Feeling troubled or concerned
• savannah: Flat grassland of tropical or subtropical regions
• motorcade: Procession of people traveling in motor cars