Vocabulary

• step down: To reduce the amount of something
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• due to: Because of; owing to
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• backlash: a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, for example to something that has recently changed in society
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• due: When something is required or expected
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• commission: Money paid for a service, e.g. money exchanging
• excuse: To allow someone not to do (jury service, etc.)
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• harm: To damage, injure, or hurt someone or something
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• public: Owned by the government
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• ballot: Piece of paper used for the purpose of voting
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• mount: To attach something to something else
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• allege: To state without proof
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• report: Account of the necessary facts and information
• chant: To repeat a word or groups of words continuously
• slogan: Distinctive phrase used in political campaign, etc.
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing
• rerun: To broadcast a TV program again