Vocabulary

• march on: To continue with a journey or task despite difficulties.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• in drawing: Indicated or shown within a technical drawing.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• tangible: Able to be touched or felt; real
• discrimination: Ability to recognize the difference between things
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• collaboration: Act of working with someone to complete a task
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• household: Being in everyday use; common
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• resistance: Force that stops or slows movement of something
• communist: Believer in communism
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• belief: Being sure that something exists or is true
• influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
• credit: System to buy something and pay for it later
• broad: General; not detailed
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• eager: Very excited and interested
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• conscientious: Careful to do things as you know you should do
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• act: To behave in a certain way
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• transportation: Act of moving people or goods between places
• volunteer: Working willingly without pay to help others
• ban: To make something illegal or not allowed
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• march: To force someone to walk somewhere
• racial: Of or relating to race
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• spite: Wish to hurt another person; malice; maliciousness
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• prominence: State or quality of being important or well known
• affiliation: Social, educational or business relationship
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• segregation: Forced separation of people by race, color etc.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• assassinate: To murder a famous or public figure
• vietnam: A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• mall: Large public area often covered with grass
• join: To bring something close to another, to become one
• segregate: To separate people by skin color, sex or religion
• black: To fill in something to make it a very dark color