Vocabulary

• formerly known as: Used to indicate a previous name of a person or place.
• light on: To illuminate something.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• million pieces: A very large number of individual items or components.
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• urge: A strong desire for something
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• shed: Small building used for storage
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• lucrative: Producing a lot of money
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• ambassador: Official representing a country in another country
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• leave: To go away from; depart
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• important: Having power or authority
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• convict: Person in prison
• allegation: Accusation against someone (often in court)
• disclosure: Making private information public
• recollection: A past occurrence that is remembered
• offender: Person who breaks a law or other rule
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• allege: To state without proof
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• friendship: Feeling of liking someone; good relationship