Vocabulary

• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• of a certain age: Refers politely to someone who is middle-aged or older.
• left and right: In both the left and right directions.
• turn to: To go to someone for help, advice, or information.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• as intended: In the way that was planned or meant to happen.
• set about: To begin or start to do something
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
• accurate: With no mistake or error; Correct
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• brilliant: Having a great amount of intelligence or talent
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• ubiquitous: Found everywhere; found in many places
• neutral: Something with pH value of 7
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• suck: To be very bad, undesirable or unpleasant
• clever: Funny in a way that shows intelligence
• sustain: To lengthen or continue to do something
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• peculiar: Not usual or normal; strange
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• abandon: To discard or intentionally get rid of an item
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• command: To be able to see far from a certain location
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• vengeance: Punishment in return for an injury or a wrong
• altogether: All things considered
• solidarity: Feeling of unity between people sharing ideas etc.
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• column: Regular series of articles in a newspaper/magazine
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• recall: (Company) asking for the return of faulty goods
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• competence: Ability to do in a fully satisfactory way
• enforce: To force something to be done or accepted
• rig: To dishonestly fix the result of elections, games
• transparency: Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
• legitimacy: Legally allowed act; undisputed credibility
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• cynicism: Belief that bad motivates things/people are bad
• triumphant: Celebrating victory or success
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• opaque: Hard to see through; cloudy
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• hypocrite: One who decries a thing while doing it themselves
• revival: Process of becoming active, strong or alive again
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• aura: Distinctive feeling or mood coming from a person
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• median: Being in the middle or average
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• personalize: To make personal or more personal
• populace: The people of a country or local area