Vocabulary

• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• stand up to: To resist or fight someone who is being aggressive
• going on: To continue doing something
• old school: Traditional or old-fashioned in style, behavior, or attitude.
• speed dial: A function on a telephone that allows you to dial a stored number by pressing only one or two buttons.
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• green light
• have to: Must do
• for all money: With maximum effort, speed, or strength.
• feel like: To have a desire or inclination for something.
• in every way: In all manners or respects; completely.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• decade: Period of 10 years
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• huge: Very very large
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• giant: Tall, large, and powerful human-like creatures
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• rural: Concerning the country as opposed to the city
• role: Character played by an actor
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• mad: Very angry
• piece: A counter in a board game
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• dial: To call a person or place on a telephone
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• part: Division of a book
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• choice: Decision between two or more possibilities
• establishment: Act, process of starting an organization or system
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• northern: In or toward the north
• referee: Sports official who makes sure rules are followed
• nonprofit: Not commercially motivated; charitable
• feud: Bitter long quarrel, dispute or argument
• remake: To arrange or prepare something again
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• battleground: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
• insurgent: Person who rebels against governing authority
• statewide: Occurring or extending throughout a state