Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• landslide victory: An overwhelming victory in an election or contest.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• in colour: Displayed or reproduced using natural or full colours.
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• expression: Act of making your thoughts and feelings known
• genuine: Being real, actual, and not false or artificial
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• vocabulary: Words that have to do with a particular subject
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• financial: Involving money
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• literal: Being the basic exact meaning of a word/expression
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• click: To work well with someone or something
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• sneaky: Deceptive and underhand
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• imply: To suggest something, without saying it directly
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• miracle: Amazing, seemingly impossible thing that happened
• act: To behave in a certain way
• adjective: A word that describes a noun, e.g. happy
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• verb: Word that expresses an action or state
• metaphorical: Using words imaginatively to reveal a similarity
• marriage: Relationship between a husband and a wife
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• review: To carefully look at the quality of something
• sly: Cleverly hiding the true purpose
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• prefix: Part of a word added to the front, e.g. UNhappy
• telegraph: To signal to someone without speaking
• dishonest: Likely to steal or lie; deceitful; corrupt
• congratulate: To say 'well done' to if a good thing happened