Vocabulary

• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• in the end: Finally; after a period of time or series of events.
• see through: To realize the truth about
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• at loggerheads: In strong disagreement or conflict with someone.
• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• ultimate: Basic; original; most significant
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• harsh: Rough; tough; hard to experience or accept
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• decade: Period of 10 years
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• military: Army or armed forces
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• snap: To close your mouth quickly like biting something
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• seek: To ask someone for help
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• diet: To eat special or less food, as to lose weight
• theoretically: As regards ideas that could be true
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• mandate: To order that something is done
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• liberal: Someone who is open-minded and favors progress
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• endorsement: Support for a product for advertising purposes
• predecessor: Something that comes before another in a series
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• override: To make (rule or law) not be valid anymore
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• decisive: Able to make choices quickly and confidently
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• raft: Pieces of wood tied together as a kind of boat
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• crucially: To an extremely important or necessary degree
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• electorate: Group of people who may vote in an election
• turnaround: Unloading/loading/servicing plane for return trip
• retaliatory: Concerning revenge for something harmful or wrong