Vocabulary

• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• going on: To continue doing something
• cover up: To hide something bad; conceal
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• come at: To approach someone to attack them
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• step down: To reduce the amount of something
• family members: People related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
• go away: To go on vacation
• on the go: Very busy and active.
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• contrary: (Of weather) difficult; likely to cause trouble
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• ambassador: Official representing a country in another country
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• blunt: Without a sharp edge or point
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• batch: Amount of something that is produced at one time
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• justice: Quality of being fair, equal, or just
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• founder: Person establishing an organization, school etc.
• accuse: To claim that someone has done something wrong
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• precedent: A similar action happening before now
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• convict: Person in prison
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• sexual: Relating to men and women and their relationships
• offender: Person who breaks a law or other rule
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• oversight: A mistake; something you forget to do
• powerful: Having control or influence over
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• department: Division of a larger part or organization
• tangle: To involve in troubles that are hard to escape
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• bipartisan: Supported by both sides
• misconduct: Bad or inappropriate behavior
• baseless: Without any reason or justification
• subpoena: Legal document forcing a witness to give evidence
• mace: Aerosol sprayed in the face to ward off attackers
• unnamed: Being or having an unknown or unnamed source