Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• slippery slope: An idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.
• lead to: To result in some action
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• desperate: Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• military: Army or armed forces
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• require: To demand that someone does something
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• pathetic: Causing feelings of sadness, pity and sympathy
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• contradict: To say the opposite is so; say something different
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• remind: To cause someone to remember what they forgot
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• slippery: Difficult to hold or stand as it's smooth/wet/icy
• great: Very good; better than before
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• slope: Angle of a decline, e.g. where a road dips down
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• happen: To take place or occur
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• gay: Happy and bright