Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
• on sunday: Every Sunday; each Sunday.
• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• lead to: To result in some action
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• strike: To hit something
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• disguise: Change in appearance so you will not be noticed
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• appearance: The way a person looks to others
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• seek: To ask someone for help
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• trend: Current style or fashion
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• array: A regular order or arrangement of things
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• act: To behave in a certain way
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• heinous: Hatefully bad; evil
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• abortion: A medical operation to stop having a baby
• spree: Short intense period of shopping/killing etc.
• parole: Conditional release of a prisoner
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• prosecutor: Lawyer who tries to prove a person's guilt
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• assassination: Murder of a public figure by surprise attack
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• extremism: Very strong political or religious theory/practice
• officer: Person of high position in an organization
• manhunt: Organized search (by police) for a criminal