Vocabulary

• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• regardless of
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• character: Person in a story, movie or play
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• grief: Feeling of great sadness because someone has died
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• ambition: Desire to win or be successful in life, work
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• gender: State of being male or female
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
• century: Period of 100 years
• sorrow: Deep sadness caused by a loss
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• act: To behave in a certain way
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• ballot: Piece of paper used for the purpose of voting
• amendment: A change, addition, or improvement to something
• usher: One who leads you to your seat, as in a theater
• liberty: Doing as one wants without asking
• applaud: To clap the hands together to express support
• testament: Evidence or proof (usually of something good)
• overlook: To look down on; be able to see from
• audacity: Bold and daring behavior
• backbone: Strength and determination
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• decency: Behavior that is good, moral and acceptable
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• latina: Woman with a Spanish-speaking background