Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• in honor of: To show respect and admiration for someone or something.
• fight off: To defend a position, often violently
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• make up: To invent or create a story
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• murder rate: The number of murders committed per a specific population size, usually per 100,000 people, in a given area and time period.
• symbol of: Something that represents or stands for something else, especially an object representing an abstract idea.
• in the shadow of: Close to and influenced or dominated by something else.
• fight back: To make your point more strongly against opponent
• in effect: In reality; in practice; virtually
• going on: To continue doing something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• overwhelmed: To defeat something or someone completely
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• poverty: State of being poor
• property: Particular quality that someone or something has
• commercial: Radio or television advertisement
• virtually: In an almost complete or entire manner
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• portray: To play a character in theater or on film
• proportion: A part of a whole thing
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• journalist: Writer of news reports for newspapers etc.
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• arise: To stand up
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
• own: To have something as your property
• brutally: In a very violent or mean way
• agricultural: Concerning farming, or the land
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• land: Region or country
• murder: Something that is difficult or painful to do
• approve: To formally accept something or grant permission
• dutch: Concerning the culture and people of Holland
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• horrendous: Causing horror; awful; very bad
• apartheid: System that separated people on the basis of race
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock