Vocabulary

• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in action: Actively doing something; performing a task or duty.
• fit in: To mix with others so you get on well with them
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• talk about it: To discuss a particular subject.
• one in eight: A proportion equal to one part out of a total of eight parts.
• set aside: To reject or throw away, e.g. an idea
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• rise above: To overcome or surmount a difficult situation or challenge.
• sit with: To stay with someone and provide support or comfort.
• in waves: Occurring in large, flowing bursts or groups.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• on the right side of history: Being morally or socially correct in the long term.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• rough and tumble: Noisy and uncontrolled physical activity or fighting.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• win over: To convince others to support you or your ideas
• have to: Must do
• bring about: To cause to happen
• privilege: Advantage or right given to only certain people
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• unconscious: Not aware of what is going on around you
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• shrink: To become smaller
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• ignore: To not listen to, look at, or pay attention to
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• diversity: Having a range of different races, ideas etc.
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• dominant: The strongest; most powerful
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• ditch: To abandon or give up a plan, etc.
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• respect: To follow the established rules
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• leave: To go away from; depart
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• century: Period of 100 years
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• promotion: Act of advertising a product to people
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• oppression: Treatment of people to limit their freedom
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• slavery: State or condition of being a slave
• binary: Having two parts; using only 2 numbers, 1 and 0
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• patriarchy: Social system where males are rulers
• equality: Idea that all people have the same rights
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• enact: To make a bill into law
• disappear: To no longer see because it's not there any more
• abolish: To officially stop (a law or practice)
• tour: To travel to several places to perform a show
• equity: Condition of people being treated the same
• racial: Of or relating to race
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• prominence: State or quality of being important or well known
• pendulum: Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
• segregation: Forced separation of people by race, color etc.
• apartheid: System that separated people on the basis of race
• abolition: Act of abolishing a bad practice or institution
• suffrage: Right to vote in national elections
• misogyny: Hatred of women
• oppress: To rule in a cruel way
• regression: Going back in time or development