Vocabulary

• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for instance: As an example.
• bring in: To earn a certain amount of money or profits
• make up: To invent or create a story
• confidential information: Data or knowledge that is meant to be kept secret or private.
• swing back: To move backward in a swinging or curved motion.
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• audience: Group of people attending a play, movie etc.
• consider: To think carefully about something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• fraud: Use of dishonest ways to take something valuable
• commodity: Something useful or valuable, usually for sale
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• existence: State of being present, alive or real
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• financial: Involving money
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• seek: To ask someone for help
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• volume: Number or amount of something e.g. sales
• professional: Of jobs such as doctor, lawyer, accountant, etc.
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• manipulation: Act of controlling to gain an advantage
• hype: Advertising, writing, or talk to spark interest
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• usage: Amount something is used
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• license: To give official permission to do something
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• violation: Abuse, damage or total disregard
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory
• legalize: To make an illegal act legal