Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in total: Completely; with everything added together.
• hit with: To strike someone or something using an object.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• have to: Must do
• no limit to: Without any restriction or boundary.
• in reality: Actually; in fact; truly.
• come off it: Used to express disbelief or disagreement.
• talk up: To promote or praise something enthusiastically.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• constant: Happening frequently or without pause
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• strength: Condition of being strong
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• address: Exact street location of a place
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• squad: A sports team
• pack: Bag carried on the back of donkey, etc.
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• backbone: Strength and determination
• crippling: To hurt and make useless
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• misogyny: Hatred of women
• tacit: Understood without being expressed directly
• crescendo: Increase in volume or energy
• disenfranchise: To deprive someone of their rights, e.g. to vote