Vocabulary

• around the world: In or to many countries.
• have to: Must do
• regardless of
• come up: To come closer to someone; approach
• look up to: To respect or admire someone
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• go at it: To start doing something with a lot of energy and enthusiasm.
• go on: To continue doing something
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• reflection: Sign or indication of a state or condition
• remarkable: Interesting and unexpected, worthy of notice
• encourage: To increase the chance of something happening
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• 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
• respect: To follow the established rules
• vibrant: Having a lot of energy and being very active
• fellow: Man or a boy
• cynical: Always believing that bad things are the reasons
• persuade: To try to make someone to do, believe something
• obscure: To hide something to make it difficult to be seen
• transition: Change from one state, movement, place to another
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• root: Emotional connection with a place, history etc.
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• lick: To pass the tongue along something, e.g. ice cream
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• election: Process of choosing someone by voting
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• extraordinarily: Extremely
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• gracious: Characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, luxury
• perfect: So good it cannot be improved
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• arena: Place to watch sports, performances, entertainment
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• disappointed: To not meet the expectations of others or yourself
• nomination: Act of choosing someone for a certain position
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• relay: To put in new carpet or flooring
• politic: Careful what you say; diplomatic
• baton: Short stick used by a music conductor
• congratulate: To say 'well done' to if a good thing happened
• fanfare: Music played to announce a special person or event