Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• on to: Toward something; forward
• go on: To continue doing something
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• next to: Being located along side another
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• butt in: To impolitely interrupt (conversation, action)
• name for: To give someone or something a particular name, often in honor of someone else.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• right back: Said when someone says they will return soon, indicating you expect their prompt return.
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• butt: (Informal) fleshy part of your body you sit on
• celebrity: A (famous) entertainer known by many people
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• charismatic: Able to attract and make them like you
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• preference: Something that is liked/wanted more than another
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• endorsement: Support for a product for advertising purposes
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• implication: Possible effects, results from an action or event
• ballot: Piece of paper used for the purpose of voting
• troll: Ugly dwarf in fairy tales, e.g. with long hair
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• harassment: Continually bothering someone in an unfair way
• puddle: Small pool of water or liquid on the ground
• rank: To rate or class things
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• freeze: To harden to a solid below zero degrees
• accompany: To play music with someone
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• mushroom: Short fungus shaped like an umbrella you can eat
• cheer: Feeling of happiness or optimism
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• chant: To repeat a word or groups of words continuously
• dunk: To put a donut, etc. into a liquid to wet it
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• nutmeg: Spice made from the seed of a tropical tree
• gnarly: Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
• mask: To hide something so that it cannot be seen
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• subway: Train system running under the ground in a city
• free: Living, happening without being controlled
• speaker: Electronic device for making or broadcasting sound
• job: Something that must be done
• young: At an early stage of existence; not mature
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• slow: Lacking activity, busyness or excitement
• soup: Fairly liquid food made by boiling ingredients
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• louder: Making a larger sound
• tonight: Night following this day
• socialist: Of socialism; being a socialist
• cardamom: Aromatic seeds used as seasoning
• rapper: Singer who performs rap music