Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• roof over: A place to live; shelter or housing.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• all along: From the beginning; all the time.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• strip away: To gradually reduce the power, rights, or possessions of someone.
• at least: As a minimum
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• tone down: To make something less forceful, intense, or extreme.
• to the point: Expressing something directly and without unnecessary detail.
• publicly traded: Having shares that are traded on a stock exchange.
• save as: To store a file using a new name or format.
• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• insane: Mentally ill; crazy
• poverty: State of being poor
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• obligation: Duty to be done because of a law, rule or promise
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• strip: To remove your clothes (often sexily for someone)
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• wealth: Amount of money or possessions you own, e.g. large
• solution: Mix of a liquid and a solid or a gas
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• uncanny: So keen and perceptive as to seem supernatural
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• straw: Dry yellow stems of crops such as wheat
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• starve: To (cause to) be hungry or go without food
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• wealthy: Having a great quantity of money or property
• great: Very good; better than before
• glad: Happy or pleased about something/to do something
• gap: Distance between two objects
• bail: Money given to ensure prisoner returns to a court
• interesting: Taking your attention; making you want to know
• disclosure: Making private information public
• capitalism: Economic system where companies own industry
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• lifetime: The time between birth and death
• heaven: Place or feeling of great happiness
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• rooftop: Top of a roof, e.g. of garden on a roof
• hungry: Feeling a need or want to eat food
• populism: Naive political doctrine typical of common people
• ad: Public notice or advertisement
• redistribution: Giving out wealth, etc. to someone else
• socialism: Political system with state control/free benefits
• dole: To give out money, food etc.; distribute
• alleviation: Act of lessening the severity of something