Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• at least: As a minimum
• apart from: Except for; not considering
• set on: To attack
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• destination: The place you are traveling to
• express: To send something by fast mail
• dynamic: Always active or energetic; getting things done
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• accommodate: To adapt or handle a situation, task
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• correlation: The relationship between two variables
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• frame: To make a person that is not guilty appear guilty
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• address: Exact street location of a place
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• initiate: To cause something to begin
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• curb: Anything that restrains or controls
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• scarce: Not many; Not plentiful or abundant
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• margin: Edge of an area
• important: Having power or authority
• sustainability: Property of being able to be continued/repeated
• referendum: Public vote on an issue
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• extension: Addition to something, e.g. a house
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• divisive: Causing division or disagreement
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• please: To entertain someone, by dancing, singing etc.
• turnout: Outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• station: (Army) to be posted to a place to perform duties
• populism: Naive political doctrine typical of common people
• bloc: People or nations with similar political aims
• overcrowd: To have too many people or things in