Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in error: By mistake; mistakenly.
• on air: Being broadcast on radio or television.
• in terms of
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• blow over: (Of difficult situation) to become less or end
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• distraction: Something drawing your attention away from
• demonstrate: To display a feeling or ability openly
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• initially: At first; originally
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• impression: Effect or feeling resulting from an experience
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• orbit: Path an object takes as it circles another object
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• widespread: Happening or existing in many places
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• fiction: Made-up stories; imagined events
• guess: To give an answer without knowing if it is correct
• depict: To represent or describe something using words
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• staff: Employees of a company
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• public: Owned by the government
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
• violate: To abuse, damage or disrespect
• outrage: Very wrong or cruel act which causes great anger
• proliferation: Sudden and fast increase in something
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• differentiate: To see or show how things are not the same
• patrol: Person or group who checks an area is safe
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• racial: Of or relating to race
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• parody: Humorous or satirical imitations of something
• worthy: Having merit or value; being honorable, admirable
• outlandish: Strange and unusual
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• tenure: Land or buildings one owns
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• goodwill: An attitude of kindness or helpfulness
• look: Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
• caucus: Private meeting of people in a political party
• surprising: To do something that another person didn't expect
• takeoff: A composition imitating someones artistic work
• ceo: CEO for Chief Operating Officer