Vocabulary

• get out of: To leave or escape responsibilities, troubles
• have to: Must do
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• stand up to: To resist or fight someone who is being aggressive
• on demand: Whenever requested or needed.
• very top: The highest point or part of something.
• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• tip off: Inform somebody about something that is secret or private.
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• occasion: Significant or important event or function
• lean: To balance against or on something for support
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• tip: To pour or move something from a place, container
• pleasant: Causing a good feeling
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• performance: Act of doing something
• ashamed: Feeling of shame or guilt
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• dominance: Having more power, success than others
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• stark: Very clear and often unpleasant
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• raid: Sudden entry by police; surprise attack by army
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• mount: To attach something to something else
• strand: Long part of a rope, someone's hair, etc.
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• live: To be alive
• happen: To take place or occur
• commotion: Sudden noisy excitement
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• blueprint: Plans of how buildings will be built
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• illegally: In a manner not allowed by law; criminally
• latino: Person with a Spanish-speaking background