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Vocabulary list.

Social Issues Sasha Nikolaeva, 52


nouns verbs adjectives adverbs expressions
equity
disparity
segregation
victimisation
apartheid
repercussion
suffragettes
preconception
purism
(racial)
construct
disposition
apostle
(advocate)
footing
monoracialism
extraction
hostility
ceasefire
intermediary
decree
malnutrition
forbearance
friction
inferiority
to heckle
to maim
(maimed)
to oppress
to endow
to perpetuate
to preach
to cling to
to apportion
to instil
to constitute
to evict
to drive back
to exert
to coerce
coloured
bigoted
obtuse (f)
insensitive
outmoded
oblivious
politically sensitive
physically/mentally
challenged
malevolent
equitable
nouns verbs
tear gas
civil rights
social dislocation
civilian population
positive
discrimination
affirmative action
glass ceiling
racial quota
racial profiling
meals on wheels
external
characteristic
mixed race
cardboard city (inf)
single-parent
family
social exclusion
poverty trap
police harassment
grey power
saving grace
law unto oneself
residential home
asylum seeker
industrial action
class distinctions
people power
rigged elections
inner-city unrest
job seekers
allowance
social mobility
in moderation
to escape arrest
to disperse protesters
to boil down to
to contain violence
to strike a blow
to strike a happy
medium
to strike home
to strike gold
to strike lucky
to twiddle ones thumbs
to drag ones feet
to fight a losing battle
to bite off more than one
can chew
to stem violence
to make a mountain out
of a molehill
to outstage ones
welcome
to drive a wedge
to fend for oneself

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