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

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