Vocabulary

• stand up for: To support someone or an idea, e.g. human rights
• come back: To reply to someone, often forcefully
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• have to: Must do
• metro area: A densely populated urban area and its surrounding suburbs, economically and socially integrated.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• from the start: From the very beginning; from the outset.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• prominent: Being important or well known
• spike: The top point in a graph
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• chill: State of being a little cold
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• ease: To make something less difficult, tight, stressed
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• resonate: (Of ideas) to have a big impact for a long time
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• brace: Structure that strengthens a joint
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• plummet: To fall quickly, as from the sky
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• sharp: Person's name
• immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
• refuge: Somewhere you can find safety or hide
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• own: To have something as your property
• contribution: Helping a cause by giving money, things, services
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• compel: To force someone to do something
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• siege: Surrounding an enemy to prevent them getting food
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• icon: Small image on a computer screen
• arena: Place to watch sports, performances, entertainment
• payroll: Money needed to pay those working for a company
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• area: Amount of measured space
• donate: To give money, etc. to charity, party, etc.
• residential: Concerning patients staying in a hospital
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• deportation: Act of expelling a person from their native land
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• deputy: Assistant to a leader who acts on his, her behalf
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• metro: Underground railway or subway
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• civic: Of a town or city; of rights or duties of citizens