Vocabulary

• regardless of
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• check out
• act upon: To take action as a result of something; to have an effect on something.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• compulsory education: Education that is required by law to be attended by all children.
• on the street: Located on or along a public road in a town or city.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• decent: Being fairly good; acceptable
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• afford: To make available, to provide
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• external: Concerning foreign countries
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• possession: State of being under the control of evil spirits
• equal: Same in shape, size, or number
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• outrageous: Exceeding the usual limits; far too extreme
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• inhale: To breathe in something like air or smoke
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• absence: State of not being present, or not existing
• tuition: Money that is paid for lessons
• animation: The process of creating moving images using drawings, computer graphics, or other techniques.
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• frustrate: To make annoyed because things don't go well
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• welfare: Program to help poor/unemployed people with money
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• act: To behave in a certain way
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• injustice: Unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• compulsory: Required by the rules; that you cannot avoid doing
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• prohibit: To make something impossible
• sympathize: To support or be in agreement with something
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• smog: Fog that is combined with other harmful gases
• redistribution: Giving out wealth, etc. to someone else
• lily: Type of plant with big, leafy flowers
• libertarian: Person who believes in low government interference