Vocabulary

• one being: An individual existence; a person or creature.
• public outrage: A strong feeling of anger and shock felt by many people about something considered bad or unfair.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• crack down: To act forcefully in order to reduce crime, etc.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• have to: Must do
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in school: Attending an educational institution.
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• explicit: Definite; clearly stated; specific
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• leave: To go away from; depart
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• inadequate: Unsatisfactory; not good enough; not enough
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• investigation: Search for information about something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• journalist: Writer of news reports for newspapers etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• public: Owned by the government
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• land: Region or country
• person: Man, woman or child
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• porn: Short for pornography
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• traffic: The cars or vehicles on the road
• collect: By asking the receiver of a call to pay for it
• part: Division of a book
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• datum: Item of factual information
• telegram: Written message sent by using an electrical device