Vocabulary

• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• authentic: From a reliable source; accurate; true
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• consider: To think carefully about something
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• ubiquitous: Found everywhere; found in many places
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• military: Army or armed forces
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• pursuit: Act of following someone to catch them
• plot: Small piece of land for a house growing crops etc.
• seek: To ask someone for help
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• controversy: Strong public disagreement about something
• couple: To join something to something else
• privacy: State of being hidden from the presence of others
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• appalling: Causing shock or distress because it is terrible
• divorce: Legal breakup of a marriage
• corruption: State of being damaged or spoiled
• argument: Discussion in which you disagree with someone
• progressive: Believing in modern ideas about social change
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• allegedly: According to what has been alleged
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• gossip: To talk about others' private lives
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• person: Man, woman or child
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• malicious: Intending to harm or hurt someone
• frank: Member of the ancient Germanic peoples
• drip: Tiny amount of liquid that falls from something
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• tattoo: Permanent ink drawing on a person's skin
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• apprenticeship: Learning a job from an expert
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• acquit: To perform or behave well, badly
• tattooed: To put a permanent ink drawing on a person's skin