Vocabulary

• landslide victory: An overwhelming victory in an election or contest.
• at least: As a minimum
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• hard to say: Difficult to know or predict; uncertain.
• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• in a row: One after another without a break.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• on the verge of: Very near to doing or experiencing something.
• in terms of
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• run through: To pierce with a sharp pointed object
• regardless of
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• endure: To last for a long time; continue to exist
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• address: Exact street location of a place
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• speculation: Taking risks that might lead to big profits
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• thread: Spiral cut at the end of a bolt
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• exile: State of being forced to leave your country
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• verge: Brink or threshold
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• transparency: Quality of being open to see/to public criticism
• legitimacy: Legally allowed act; undisputed credibility
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• mania: Mental illness marked by high energy or excitement
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• reel: To wind something in on a reel; pull something in
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• boycott: To not buy a product for moral reasons
• participation: Act of being involved in something
• visit: To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason
• dissect: To cut up plant or body into pieces to examine it
• voice: Ability to sing well
• persuasion: Using reasons to make people believe something
• turnout: Outward rotation of a dancer's leg from the hip
• culminate: To finally end (in some event or result)
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• talk: Style of speaking
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• free: Living, happening without being controlled
• whirlwind: Very powerful dangerous spinning wind
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation