Vocabulary

• quick question: A brief and simple inquiry.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• in the closet: Keeping something, often sexual orientation, secret.
• back then: At that time in the past.
• start in: To begin a job or activity.
• for the better: Resulting in improvement; to a more favorable condition.
• hell yeah: An enthusiastic expression of agreement or approval.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• act up: (Of a machine) to fail to work properly
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• for a minute: For a short period of time; briefly.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• stereotype: False categorization of people as all the same
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• awareness: Having knowledge of something
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• renaissance: Period of intense activity in art and science
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• frequently: Often; regularly
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• grateful: Feeling or showing thanks; thankful
• organize: To arrange and plan things, e.g. a party
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• pop: To cause something to open or burst suddenly
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• demonstration: Open showing of emotion
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• migrate: To move from one country or place to live or work
• closet: Small room or cupboard used for storing things
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• person: Man, woman or child
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• colonial: Of a system where one country controls another
• activist: A person who tries to change a government, society
• lesbian: Homosexual woman
• inn: Hotel in the country
• legalize: To make an illegal act legal
• gay: Happy and bright
• garland: Crown made from flowers and leaves worn on head
• stonewall: To obstruct a discussion by asking many questions