Vocabulary

• charged with: To be officially accused of something
• such as: For example; like
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• shy away from: To avoid something because of nervousness or a lack of confidence.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• no go: A failure; something that does not proceed as planned.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go to jail: To be sent to prison as a punishment for committing a crime.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• in session: Actively meeting or conducting business.
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• right next to: Immediately adjacent to; in very close proximity to.
• next to: Being located along side another
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• vague: Not clearly stated or expressed; rough; unclear
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• prominent: Being important or well known
• pronounce: To state something in a legal or official way
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• military: Army or armed forces
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• couple: To join something to something else
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• digital: Using electronic signals or computers
• detention: Act of keeping someone in jail or similar
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• problematic: Being difficult to deal with or fix
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• abide: To live somewhere (formal, old-fashioned)
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• clause: Part of a sentence that has its own verb
• hybrid: Formed from combining different things
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• prescribe: (Of doctors) to say what medicine should be taken
• dissent: Difference of opinion; a disagreement
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• offense: Attempt to score in a game or match
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• prominence: State or quality of being important or well known
• outcry: Show of anger or unhappiness by many people
• implicate: To show that person is involved, e.g. in a crime
• outlaw: Person hiding from police after breaking the law
• outspoken: Saying (too) clearly what you think
• blasphemy: Disrespect for God or established religion
• quash: To stop (a rebellion, etc.) forcefully or violently
• populace: The people of a country or local area
• marginalize: To make a person or group powerless or unimportant
• legality: Lawfulness through conformity to a legal statute
• imam: Muslim priest or leader