Vocabulary

• next to: Being located along side another
• not surprisingly: In a way that is not unexpected or predictable.
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• quote: Written statement of the cost of something
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• curious: Wanting to know more about something
• spouse: Someone's husband or wife
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• account: An advantage
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• investment: Something purchased hoping its value will increase
• click: To work well with someone or something
• prove: To demonstrate truth by providing evidence
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• investigation: Search for information about something
• scandal: Unacceptable/immoral event causing public shock
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• business: A company formed for making profit
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• cork: The wooden stopper in a wine bottle top
• perplex: To confuse
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do