Vocabulary

• highly unlikely: Not likely to happen or be true; improbable.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• disagree with: To have a different opinion from someone else.
• have to: Must do
• tamp down: To reduce or suppress feelings or a situation.
• any sort of: Any kind of; any type of
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• a few moments: A short period of time
• push on: To continue with some effort; persevere
• at least: As a minimum
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• consider: To think carefully about something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• incentive: Something that encourages you to do something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• previously: At an earlier time
• defense: Argument in support of something
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• confirm: To formally approve or check something
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• point: An item to be discussed
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• actively: Doing things to achieve a specific goal
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• flurry: Sudden rush of activity
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• agreement: Sharing the same opinion or reach a decision
• pair: Two of the same thing, e.g. socks
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• kinetic: Of or relating to movement
• impeachment: Charging a public official with misconduct
• oversee: To check on or manage the work of others
• congressman: Member of the US House of Representatives
• voter: Person who can vote in an election
• reintroduce: To make a person known to another again
• restart: To begin working again after it has stopped
• tamp: To press down tightly
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography