Vocabulary

• regardless of
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• got to: To arrive at some place
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• weigh in: To be weighed before a sports event to check you are not over a certain weight
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• version: Different way that someone interprets something
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• indicate: To show something; direct attention to; point out
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• resort: Act of choosing something to help with a problem
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• affordable: Cheap enough that it can be paid for
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• additional: Further or added
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• important: Having power or authority
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• public: Owned by the government
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• intimidation: Being made to feel afraid or timid, as by threats
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• fiscal: Concerning government spending and taxing
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• ordinance: Law, especially a local one; statute
• legality: Lawfulness through conformity to a legal statute
• homelessness: Having no home; living on the streets
• statewide: Occurring or extending throughout a state