Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• hang out: To spend time with your friends
• box out: To position yourself to block an opponent, commonly in basketball.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• set up
• behind closed doors: In private; secretly or confidentially.
• to the core: Completely; fundamentally; in every aspect.
• in reaction to: As a response to something.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• my eye: Used to express disbelief or skepticism.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• in regard to: Concerning; in relation to.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• consider: To think carefully about something
• consequence: Importance of a person or thing
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• huge: Very very large
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• flavor: Quality giving something a particular character
• lurk: To hide somewhere, e.g. to do something wrong
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• orientation: Where you are in a location, e.g. facing east/west
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• steep: Very expensive
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• racism: Belief that people of other races are bad/inferior
• favorite: A thing that someone likes best or enjoys most
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• curve: Smooth rounded line that is not straight
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• glow: Pink color in the face, e.g. from exercise/emotion
• endorsement: Support for a product for advertising purposes
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• great: Very good; better than before
• endorse: To show or express approval of
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• notably: In a way that deserves notice; particularly
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• nominee: One put forward or suggested for an award/position
• announce: To make a public statement about a plan, decision
• abolish: To officially stop (a law or practice)
• establishment: Act, process of starting an organization or system
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• abortion: A medical operation to stop having a baby
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• nomination: Act of choosing someone for a certain position
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• fry: To cook something in fat or oil
• truce: Agreement between opponents to stop fighting
• democrat: An advocate of democratic principles
• caucus: Private meeting of people in a political party
• calculus: Branch of math dealing with rates of change, etc.
• ramification: Outcome; a consequence
• caretaker: Job of taking care of others or their property
• takeout: Food bought at a restaurant but eaten elsewhere
• coalesce: To come to grow together as one mass
• heartache: Intense sorrow caused by loss, e.g. of a loved one
• reelection: Act of election or being elected again