Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in the limelight: At the center of public attention.
• lose control: To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
• name after: To give someone or something the same name as another person or thing, often to honor them.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• in itself: Considered alone or without reference to anything else; intrinsically.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• rid: To cause to no longer have (pest, problem)
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• alleviate: To lessen the severity of something
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• series: Set of stories or articles on a particular subject
• veteran: Person experienced through long service
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• era: Period characterized by particular events, people
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• tone: Atmosphere or feeling in a message
• friction: Disagreement between two or more people
• humiliating: Causing you to feel a loss of self-respect
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• shrine: Religious place that honors a person or saint
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• revise: To make changes or add something to improve
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• convict: Person in prison
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• maiden: Being the earliest or first
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• limelight: Light from burning lime on stages of old theaters
• staunch: Being very loyal to a person, organization, cause
• childcare: Looking after children and babies
• overshadow: To be more important or significant by comparison