Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• off the record: Not intended to be published or publicly disclosed.
• hang on: To wait for the person you phoned to answer
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• made public: To reveal or announce something to everyone.
• drug cartels: Criminal organizations that control drug trafficking operations.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• awkward: Lacking smooth movement
• mental: Concerning the mind
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• ruin: To damage or completely destroy something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• algorithm: A step-by-step problem-solving feature
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• address: Exact street location of a place
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• engagement: Something you must do at a set time; appointment
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• role: Character played by an actor
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• source: Piece of information; a person giving information
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• square: Shape with 4 equal length sides and 4 equal angles
• proof: Act of showing that something exists or is true
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• public: Owned by the government
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• virtuous: Having moral goodness
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• footprint: Mark left by a foot of an animal or human
• gentle: Kind and quiet in nature; not harsh or violent
• sue: Person's name
• investigative: Searching for information or truth