Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• for instance: As an example.
• in half: Divided into two equal parts.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• instance: An example of something; case
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• frustrating: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• persistent: Continuing to do something despite challenges
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• rip: To tear or split roughly or cause to tear or split
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• deficit: Amount less than what is needed or required
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• tariff: List of fixed prices at hotel
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• public: Owned by the government
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• fill: To make something full
• notification: Act of giving formal or official information
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• person: Man, woman or child
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• reciprocal: Equal and meeting the needs of both sides
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• constitute: To become a group of
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• enact: To make a bill into law
• dubious: Doubtful; giving rise to doubts; suspicious
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• angst: Often worried or unhappy, especially about personal problems
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• gimmick: Trick or device used to attract or draw attention
• rebuke: To tell someone off for what they did wrong
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics
• expedient: Appropriate in a situation that requires action
• breadth: Width; distance from one side to the another