Vocabulary

• stand by: To keep to an agreement
• go away: To go on vacation
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• under the surface: Not obvious or apparent; existing out of sight.
• see in: To accompany someone to the entrance of a building or room.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• shut up: To close something, e.g. a shop
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• aggressive: Using energy and determination to achieve a goal
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• inevitably: (Happening) with complete certainty
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• reference: A letter of recommendation, e.g. for a job
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• address: Exact street location of a place
• sympathy: Feeling for other people when they are in trouble
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• surface: To give (road) a top layer
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• meaningful: Having importance; showing someone's intention
• gender: State of being male or female
• appalling: Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• talent: Natural ability of a person to do something well
• dissolve: To cause something to end
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• utilize: To use something for a particular purpose
• devote: To dedicate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• masculine: Having the characteristics associated with males
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• bleach: Chemical that disinfects and whitens
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• feminist: Person believing women have the same rights as men
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• patriarchy: Social system where males are rulers
• feminism: Belief that women and men have the same rights
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• oppressive: Keeping people under your control, in a cruel way
• live: To be alive
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• patriotic: Having a great love for your country
• critique: A review of the quality of a work
• masculinity: Trait of behaving in ways typical of men
• totalitarian: Of government having total control over its people
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• workplace: Place where work is done
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
• buy: To believe something; accept
• hair: Long thin strands growing on your head or body
• old: Having existed for a long time, not young or new
• disenfranchise: To deprive someone of their rights, e.g. to vote
• bobby: Police officer (UK slang)