Vocabulary

• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• military: Army or armed forces
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• contrast: To compare; to show clear, obvious differences
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• degree: Amount or extent of something
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• leave: To go away from; depart
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• important: Having power or authority
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• 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
• genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• great: Very good; better than before
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• weary: To make or become tired or lose energy or strength
• part: Division of a book
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• expansive: Talkative; speaking freely
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• socialist: Of socialism; being a socialist
• voter: Person who can vote in an election