Vocabulary

• at best: Under the most optimistic or favorable circumstances; the most that can be hoped for.
• at worst: If the most unfavorable outcome happens.
• internet access: The ability to connect to the internet.
• black and white
• miss out: To exclude; not include in something
• full picture: A complete and comprehensive understanding of a situation or issue.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• initial: First letter of your given name
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• seek: To ask someone for help
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• scam: A trick to fool other people to get their money
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• exception: Something different or not included
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• fake: Not real; made to look like something real
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• corrupt: To persuade someone to act illegal or immorally
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• point: An item to be discussed
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• workforce: The total number of working people
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• cooperation: Working together to get something done
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• intolerant: Narrow-minded and will not accept other opinions
• allege: To state without proof
• autopsy: Examination of dead body to find cause of death
• ineffective: Not producing the right result; not working well
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• abduction: Crime of taking (a child) away by force
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• complicity: Involvement with someone in a crime, etc.
• acquiescence: Acceptance without protest