Vocabulary

• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• make laws: To create or enact legislation.
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• better known as: More widely or commonly recognized by a particular name or description.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• such as: For example; like
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• live: To be alive
• important: Having power or authority
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• end: The point where a process or activity stops
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• job: Something that must be done
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• national: Concerning a nation as a whole
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• assist: To help
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• puzzle: To be a challenge to understand; confuse
• pass: Act of giving a ball to another player in a sport
• call: A order or request for action
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• highest: Farthest above the ground; greatest (position)
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• king: Person considered the best or top at something
• war: Situation where armies fight each other
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• branch: Part of a family related to the same members
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• informed: To give information or facts about something
• punish: To make someone suffer for doing something wrong
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• vote: To make a choice for or against, as in an election
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• wondered: To feel curious about something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• defense: Argument in support of something
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• treasury: Government office concerned with finance
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• adopt: To legally take a child into your family
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• armed: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• ensure: To make something sure, certain, or safe
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• constitution: Statement of fundamental principles of a country
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• appoint: To officially choose a person for a job, position
• comprise: To be made up of (different parts)
• enforcing: To force something to be done or accepted
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• legislative: Having the power or ability to make laws
• founding: To be based on, started or created by
• judicial: Concerning the orders and laws of a court
• homeland: Country where you were born
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• petition: Request to an authority to change something
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons