Vocabulary

• federal funding: Financial assistance provided by the federal government to support various projects, programs, or organizations.
• behind closed doors: In private; secretly or confidentially.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• appreciate: To rise in value (of property or belongings)
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• productive: Producing things in large quantities; fertile
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• swear: To say bad or impolite words to someone
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• communist: Believer in communism
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• leave: To go away from; depart
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• vow: Very serious promise
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• admiration: A feeling of respect and appreciation
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
• rent: To give the use of something in return for payment
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• affirm: To state, strengthen or support a belief you have
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• fascist: Person advocate an authoritarian government
• socialist: Of socialism; being a socialist
• mayoral: Concerning a mayor or the office of mayor
• affordability: Cheap enough to buy something you want