Vocabulary

• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• off of: From a position on something; down from.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• play out: To use up or exhaust
• no fear: Showing confidence or bravery; not afraid.
• taken over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• going on: To continue doing something
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• force in: To enter a place by applying physical force.
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• extreme: Very great in degree
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• inspiration: Force making you feel you can do things, succeed
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• shift: To change in position or direction
• lack: To not have, or not have enough, of something
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• tolerate: To be able to adjust to changes of various kinds
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• consecutive: Following one after the other in order
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• theme: An main or dominant idea, motif
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• respond: To answer something or someone
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• ripe: (Of a smell) disgusting
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• mainstream: Prevailing current of thought
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• horrific: Terrifying and shocking
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• reform: To re-shape something to a better condition
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• feed: To give food, e.g. to animals or a baby
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• migration: Process of moving to live in another place
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• infiltrate: To enter a group, place to get secret information
• resurgence: A rise again as to new life and vigor
• knit: To join or be joined closely together
• ramble: To talk or write in an apparently purposeless way
• fringe: Decorative edge of hanging threads or hairs
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• happen: To take place or occur
• undercover: Operating in disguise; incognito
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• hate: To have a very strong feeling of dislike for
• mega: Big; great; large; impressive
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• stagnate: To stop moving, developing, or making progress
• islam: Religion of Muslims based on the Koran
• supremacist: Person believing their race is the best
• longtime: Concerning for a long duration