Vocabulary

• deal with
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• come to terms with: To accept something difficult or unpleasant.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• look into: To investigate or try to discover the reasons for
• set up
• shore up: To support to stop it bursting/being ruined
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• make waves: To cause problems or difficulties.
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prominent: Being important or well known
• criticism: Article or essay that judges quality
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• shore: Land along the edge of a sea, lake or river
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• exception: Something different or not included
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• stance: A position or opinion stated in public
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• unravel: To work out the meaning of, in a slow careful way
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• incompatible: Not able to get on, be used together
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• surrogate: Person appointed in the place of another
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• affirm: To state, strengthen or support a belief you have
• come: To arrive at a place
• baseline: Imaginary standard by which things are compared
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• loophole: Error when making rules allowing people to avoid
• chancellor: High government official
• procurement: Act of getting possession of something
• reinstate: To give someone back their previous job/position
• bloc: People or nations with similar political aims
• surrogacy: Act of being used in place of another