● Aggression-behavior whose purpose is to harm another
● Authority-the right to use power
● Benign-kind and gentle
● Bully-one who is habitually cruel to weaker people
● Command-an official order
● Conquer-to take over
● Consent-permission
● Controversy-dispute, debate, quarrel
● Dictator-a ruler who has complete power over a country
● Dominate-to rule completely
● Eliminate-to get rid of
● Enforce-to make people obey a rule or law
● Entitled-given the right to have or do something
● Exempt-free from obligation
● Former-previous
● Impose-to forcibly place upon
● Inferior-below
● Label-a word or phrase that is used to describe someone or sth
● Liberate-to set free
● Master-be or become completely proficient or skilled in
● Minister-official,priest
● Monarch-a ruler of a kingdom or empire
● Prohibit-to stop one from doing something,
● Reign-authority, rule
● Reinforce-to make stronger with new materials or support
● Reluctant-unwilling and hesitant
● Resist-to work or fight against
● Restrict-to keep within set limit, to confine
● Society-people who share a culture and a territory
● Subject-to make sm experience sth unpleasant
● Subjective-existing in the mind or relating to one's own thoughts, opinions,
emotions, personal, individual, based on feelings
● Submit-to send yourself under someone else's control, to give in to someone
else's power
● Summon-to call together, to send for or to request to appear
● Superior-above
● Undermine-to weaken
● Unrest-a troubled or disturbed state
● Victimise-make sb suffer unfairly, esp because one does not like them or their
opinions
● Vulnerable-open to attack, capable of being wounded or damaged,
unprotected
● Advocate-to speak in favor of
● Alleviate-to relieve, make more bearable
● Bureaucracy-a large, complex organization composed of appointed officials
● Charity-giving resources or volunteering time to help those in need
● Class-group of similar orders
● Community-all the different populations that live together in an area
● Convict-prove guilty, show conclusively to be guilty
● Corruption-the decay of people's values
● Deterrent-something that discourages or hinders
● Heritage-practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
● Immigration-migration to a new location
● Industrial action-steps taken by workers to affect production in order to
influence employers
● Institution-a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community
● Legislation-the act of making or enacting laws
● Prejudice-preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual
experience
● Prison-reform emphasized the idea of rehabilitation
● Prosecute-to bring before a court of law for trial, to carry out
● State-an area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established
government with control over its internal and foreign affairs
● Abolish-to officially end a law or system
● Adversary-a person that sb is opposed to and competing with in an argument
● Alternative-a thing that you can choose to do or have out of two
● Arms-weapons, used by the army
● Ballot paper-a slip of paper used to register a vote
● Boil down to-to have sth as a main or basic part
● Candidate-a person that is considered suitable for sth
● Capitalize-on to gain a further advantage for yourself
● Class-based-a status hierarchy in which individuals and groups are classified
on the basis of economic success
● Come under fire-to be criticized severely for sth
● Common good-the benefit or interests of all
● Communal-involving different groups of people in a community
● Constituency-a district that elects its own government
● Country-an area of land that nas or used to have its own government
● Disposal-sth is available to be used by everyone
● Economical with the truth-not stating the true facts
● Egalitarian-based on, or holding the belief that everyone is equal and should
have the same rights
● Electorate-the people in a country or an area who have the right to vote
● Equal rights-the right to be treated without discrimination
● Eradicate-to destroy or get rid of sth completely
● Extreme-very great in degree
● Foe-an enemy or opponent
● Freedom-the right to do or say what you want without anyone stopping you
● Freeloader-a person who is always accepting help from other people without
giving them anything in exchange
● General election-an election in which all the people of a country vote to
choose a government
● Get rid-of to remove sth that is causing a problem
● Humanity-people in general
● Law enforcement-the activity of making certain that the laws of an area are
obeyed
● Left-wing politics-a political outlook that favours social change
● Liberty freedom-to live as you can choose without too many restrictions from
government
● Local elections-an election to select members for a local council
● Mainstream-the ideas and opinions that are thought to be normal because
they are shared by most people
● Majority rule-a system in which power is held by the group that has the largest
numbers of members
● Manifesto-a written statement in which a group of people, especially a political
party, explain their beliefs
● Mankind-all humans thought about as one large group
● Moderate-having or showing opinions, especially about politics
● Nation-a country considered as a group of people with the same language,
culture, history
● Pledge-a serious promise
● Pluck out of the air-to say a name, number without thinking about it
● Politically correct-used to describe language or behaviour that deliberately
tries to avoid offending particular groups
● Polling station-a building where people go to vote in an election
● Human population-all the people who live in a particular area or a country
● Private-belonging to or for the use of a particular person
● Promise-to tell sb that you will definitely do or not to do
● Quick off the mark-fast in reacting to a situation
● Radical-concerning the most basic and important parts of sth
● Reactionary-a person who is opposed to political or social change
● Right-wing politics-political outlook that is least in favour of social change
● Secular-not connected with spiritual or religious matters
● Set the record straight-to give people the correct information about sth in
order to make it clear that what they previously beliefd was in fact wrong
● Spiritual-connected with the human spirit,rather than the body
● Swear-to vse rude or offensive language
● Talk up-to talk about sth to make it seem as good as possible
● Toe the line-to say or do what sb in authority tells you to say or do
● Turnout-the number of people who vote in a particular election
● Vote-a formal choice that you make in an election