Vocabulary

• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• suspicious: Doubtful about someone's honesty
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• survive: To continue to live despite illness or trouble
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• prison: Place the court puts criminals as punishment; jail
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• journalist: Writer of news reports for newspapers etc.
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• deceive: To make someone believe something that is not true
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• wand: Thin rod held in the hand, e.g. used by a magician
• embassy: Building where an ambassador works
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• amnesty: Freedom given to someone who could be punished
• presidential: Concerning the president
• interim: Acting or being used for a limited period of time
• electoral: Concerning elections
• discontent: Feeling of dissatisfaction; a lack of contentment
• reinstate: To give someone back their previous job/position
• institutional: Being related or similar to an institution