Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• step aside: To move to the side to allow someone to pass.
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• aside from
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• bow out: To decide not to do something; back out
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• on the money: Exactly correct or precise.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• on board: Being on a ship, plane, or other vehicle
• mental: Concerning the mind
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• 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
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• profile: To write a short description of a person or group
• performance: Act of doing something
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• sympathetic: Feeling favorable to something; wanting to support
• steep: Very expensive
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• monumental: (Mistake/waste of time) huge; very big; severe
• margin: Edge of an area
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• lengthy: Having a lot of something, such as pages in a book
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• representative: Typical example of a particular category
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• format: Form, design, or arrangement of something
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• ballot: Piece of paper used for the purpose of voting
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• disastrous: Having very unfortunate or terrible consequences
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
• elevate: To make something higher
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• unify: To bring or join together into one
• assassination: Murder of a public figure by surprise attack
• street: Road in a city with buildings and places to walk
• actor: Person who acts in the theater, movies, or TV
• arrive: To reach the place you are traveling to
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• wall: High, flat side of a room or building
• push: To move into enemy country with a military attack
• showdown: Game or contest where final result will be decided
• reed: Person's name
• acuity: Sharpness of vision
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet