Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• light on: To illuminate something.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• have to: Must do
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• express: To send something by fast mail
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• recession: Act of moving backward gradually
• hierarchy: Group that manages and controls an organization
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• optimistic: Tending to believe the future will be good
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• magnificent: Splendid; brilliant; extremely good
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• censorship: Removing inappropriate material from books, films
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• delusional: Suffering false beliefs based on little evidence
• solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• important: Having power or authority
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• porch: Roofed structure over the entrance of a building
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• own: To have something as your property
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• amendment: A change, addition, or improvement to something
• great: Very good; better than before
• skewed: Not accurate or correct; biased
• injustice: Unjust act; the practice of being unjust or unfair
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• loathe: To dislike someone or something greatly; detest
• liberate: To free someone or something that was captured
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• racial: Of or relating to race
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• disservice: Act intended to help that turns out badly
• enslave: To make someone live like a slave
• runaway: (Of a victory) easy; hardly contested
• viewpoint: Point of view; your opinion or attitude