Vocabulary

• anything other than: Except for; not including
• as anything: Used to emphasize intensity or degree of a quality or action.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• off key: Not in the correct key; not in tune.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• call out: To criticize someone to modify their behavior
• on to: Toward something; forward
• in the midst of: Surrounded by; in the middle of.
• have to: Must do
• happen on: To find or discover by accident.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• urge: A strong desire for something
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• blast: To attack someone with words
• desperately: In a way that shows you don't have much hope
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• deem: To judge something to be a certain thing, way
• monologue: Long speech given by one person, often in a play
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• formal: Observing rules and procedures strictly
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• personally: By a specific person, and not by anyone else
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• gang: Group that you disapprove of, e.g. criminals
• staff: Employees of a company
• midst: Middle area or part of something
• horrific: Terrifying and shocking
• memorial: Ceremony or monument honoring dead person, people
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• point: An item to be discussed
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• lawn: Fine cotton cloth, either plain or printed
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• indefinitely: Without limit or end
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• swift: Quick
• happen: To take place or occur
• fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
• redirect: To change the direction of something to a new way
• suspension: Liquid in which fine particles are suspended
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• dead: Not alive
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• assassination: Murder of a public figure by surprise attack
• grieve: To feel great sadness, as when someone dies
• demolition: Act or state of being destroyed or torn down
• yank: To pull or tug on something
• parent: Person's, animal's mother or father
• ballroom: Large room used mainly for dancing
• goldfish: Orange or orange and white freshwater fish
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet