Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• at least: As a minimum
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• gun for: To deliberately target or criticize someone persistently.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• screen out: To eliminate or reject something or someone, often by a filtering process.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• huge spike: A large and sudden increase in something.
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• mental: Concerning the mind
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• appetite: Feeling of hunger or desire for something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• instant: (Food) requiring very little preparation
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• decade: Period of 10 years
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• spike: The top point in a graph
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• impulsive: Acting without really thinking about it; rash
• acquisition: Process of acquiring; thing that is acquired
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• contact: Touching or feeling something
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• universal: Existing in all places at all times for all people
• favor: Support or approval from people
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• meticulous: Extremely careful to do things correctly
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• substantially: In a basic, general manner
• abide: To live somewhere (formal, old-fashioned)
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• person: Man, woman or child
• license: To give official permission to do something
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• slack: Condition of being looser or not tight
• guy: Man; boy; any person
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• dangerous: Involving the chance of hurt or damage; risky
• restrain: To limit, restrict, or keep under control
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• firearm: Small weapon that you fire
• logo: Name, symbol or picture which represents a company
• outdate: To be older than