Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• flip over: To turn something over quickly, with a sudden movement.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• take back: To say you no longer agree with an opinion you had
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• divine: Concerning or coming from God or a god
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• spiritual: Of religious belief; believing in things of soul
• institution: Organization created for a particular aim/purpose
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• radically: Completely or extremely
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• roast: To strongly criticize often in a teasing manner
• culture: Beliefs and customs of a particular group
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• extend: To offer something (help, friendship) to someone
• secular: Not connected or controlled by religious beliefs
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• greed: Wanting too much of something
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• greedy: Wanting to have more of something than you need
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• tradition: An event, custom or way common to a people or race
• racial: Of or relating to race
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• abortion: A medical operation to stop having a baby
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• inclusive: Covering or including everything
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• pastor: Minister in charge of a Christian church or group
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• sermon: Moral talk given as part of a church service
• righteousness: Adhering to moral principles
• bodyguard: Man who escorts and protects some important person
• marginalize: To make a person or group powerless or unimportant