| Word |
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| Advocate |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | The candidate does not advocate for reducing taxes. |
| Ally |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | USA and Canada have been allies for decades. |
| Appeal |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | Although the criminal was convicted of the crime, his lawyer has already announced plans to appeal the decision. |
| Baby boomer |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Baby boomers are people who were born immediately after the end of the second world war. |
| Back |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | I will always back this political party, no matter who the leader is. |
| Barrier |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | There are too many barriers for our company to do business in that country. |
| Budget |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | You should definitely budget your money so that you can plan your life. |
| Campaign |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | The politician has been campaigning for the past seven months. |
| Candidate |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | You seem like an excellent candidate for the position. |
| Citizen |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Despite having lived in the country for many years, she is not yet a citizen. |
| Claim |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | The politician claims he had nothing to do with the crime. |
| Commit |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | I don’t want to tell you if I have ever committed a crime or not. |
| Communism |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Communism is a form of government where a country’s people are not allowed to own property. |
| Controversial |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | The movie about wrongly-accused criminal was very controversial. Many people were angered by it. |
| Costly |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | The campaign you suggested is too costly for us to consider. |
| Council |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | He recently became the president of the council responsible for taking care of the apartment building. |
| Death penalty |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The criminal was sentenced to life in prison instead of the death penalty. |
| Death row |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Criminals who have been sentenced to death wait to be executed in a special part of a prison called death row. |
| Democracy |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Democracy is the system of voting for a country’s government. |
| Determine |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | The type of job I find will determine the amount of money I will have to spend on an apartment. |
| Devastating |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | The government’s decision will be devastating for workers in that industry. |
| Dictatorship |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | I would hate to live in a country where the government can do whatever they want. No country should have a dictatorship. |
| Effective |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | Her idea has not been very effective. In fact, it hasn’t worked at all. |
| Elect |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | She wasn’t elected for the position as she was not popular enough. |
| Evidence |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | There wasn’t enough evidence to put the criminal in jail. |
| Execute |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | The criminal was executed at exactly 12:01am. |
| Finance |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | I am planning to buy a new car next week. I am going to pay $10,000 and then finance the rest. |
| Funds |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The business has enough funds to start a new advertising campaign. |
| Get rid of |
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| Part Of Speech | Phrasal Verb |
| Example | I would love to get rid of my car, but I’m not sure if anyone would want to buy it. |
| Governor |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Before Obama became president, he used to be the governor of Illinois. |
| Guilty |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | The child had a guilty look on her face. She must have done something wrong. |
| Headquarters |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The business’ headquarters are located in New York City. |
| Impose |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | The company has imposed a new policy that no staff may wear perfume or cologne. |
| Inmate |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The prison’s inmates all wear orange. |
| Innocent |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | Despite what he says, you know he is not innocent! |
| Investigate |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | The police are currently investigating the crime. |
| Issue |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | This issue needs to be solved before we make any decisions. |
| Justice |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The person responsible for the crime needs to be found. I demand justice! |
| Lay-off |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Because of the bad economy, there were many lay-offs. |
| Moral |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Adjective |
| Example | I would never steal anything as it is against my morals. |
| Opponent |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | I am not very sure who my opponent will be in the election. |
| Parliament |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Parliament will vote on the new law next week. |
| Parole |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Although the woman was originally sentenced to twenty years in prison, she only spent seven years there and was released early on parole. |
| Party |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The politician’s party really cares about reducing pollution. |
| Pass a law |
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| Part Of Speech | Phrase |
| Example | The government have recently passed a law to make driving while using a cell phone illegal. |
| Policy |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The store has an excellent return policy. You can return anything you don’t like up to a year after you buy it. |
| Political |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | She always likes to watch political documentaries. They are so boring! |
| Poverty |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Although the country has plenty of natural resources, it still has quite a lot of poverty. |
| Process |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | Russia is now a capitalist country, but it used to be communist. The process for this to happen took many years. |
| Prosperous |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | She lives in a more prosperous part of the country. |
| Publicity |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | Her actions received a lot of publicity from local, national, and even international media! |
| Remain |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | Although most workers have already gone home, she remains at her desk. |
| Representative |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | This seat is reserved for the representative of the company. |
| Restriction |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The restrictions in that country for downloading are quite strict. |
| Sentence |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | The murderer was sentenced to death by the judge. |
| Settle |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | Although my parents moved around a lot when they were younger, they finally decided to settle in this city about twenty years ago. |
| Shrink |
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| Part Of Speech | Verb |
| Example | My sweater shrank because I put it in the dryer. |
| Sloppy |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | The investigation was rather sloppy. As a result, the person responsible for the crime was never found. |
| Spokesperson |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun |
| Example | The spokesperson of the company is in no way the boss. |
| Strict |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | Is your teacher really strict like mine? |
| Swap |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | The two teams recently swapped players. |
| Take place |
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| Part Of Speech | Phrasal Verb |
| Example | The police have closed the area behind the building. Something terrible must have taken place. |
| Upgrade |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | I am planning to upgrade the amount of RAM on my computer soon. |
| Vital |
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| Part Of Speech | Adjective |
| Example | Taxes are vital for any country to have good social services. |
| Vote |
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| Part Of Speech | Noun, Verb |
| Example | In the USA, people have to vote for the president every four years in November. |
