Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• going on: To continue doing something
• add up to: To amount to a particular sum or total.
• lose control: To no longer be able to direct or restrain something.
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• hold in: To hide your emotions and not let them show
• in times: During periods or moments of.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• obvious: Easily understood and clear; plain to see
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• necessarily: In a way that is needed/required/is unavoidable
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• military: Army or armed forces
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• handful: an amount of something that can be held in one hand; small quantity or amount of people or things
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• seemingly: Appearing to be but may not actually be; probably
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• doom: Certain of the failure or destruction of
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• nefarious: Extremely wicked
• smash: Accident involving vehicles
• dictatorship: Form of government with an absolute rules
• century: Period of 100 years
• authoritarian: Person expecting complete obedience
• secular: Not connected or controlled by religious beliefs
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• oppression: Treatment of people to limit their freedom
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• dismantle: To take something apart in an organized way
• coercion: Forcing people to do things by threats or the law
• jail: Place to hold criminals being punished for a crime
• polarization: Condition of having two opposites
• playbook: Notebook with diagrams of the plays of a team
• constrain: To make someone do something by strong persuasion
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing
• elect: To select someone for a position by voting
• unchecked: With the details not yet confirmed as correct
• populism: Naive political doctrine typical of common people