VOCABULARY SHEET
Items Pronunciatio Definition
n
listicle (n) /ˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl/
swindle (v) /ˈswɪn.dəl/
obfuscate (v) /ˈɒb.fʌs.keɪt/
lobby (v) /ˈlɑ·bi/
decry (v) /dɪˈkrɑɪ/
oversight (n) /ˈəʊvəsaɪt/
complicit /kəmˈplɪs.ɪt/
(adj)
pledge (v) /pledʒ/
deregulate /ˌdiːˈreɡ.jə.leɪt/
(v)
legislation /ˌledʒɪˈsleɪʃən/
(n)
sway (n) /sweɪ/
Example
a newspaper, magazine, or online
How many listicles have you read about…?
article that is in the form of a list
to cheat or trick someone in order to We’ve been swindled into letting the real
get money from them culprit off the hook.
To intentionally make something They’d launched a campaign to obfuscate
less clear and harder to understand  their findings.
to try to persuade an elected official
to take a particular action or change They’d lobbied to block regulations and
a law decried anything less than full autonomy
to publicly criticize something as for private corporations.
being undesirable or harmful
systems or actions to control an
If companies want less oversight, who else
activity and make sure that it is
could they pressure ...?
done correctly and legally
involved in or knowing about a The people complicit in causing and
crime or some activity that is wrong covering the climate emergency should be
put on trial.
to make a serious or formal promise Instead of letting ourselves off the hook by
to give or do something simply pledging to eat less meat and … 
to remove government controls or
The prime motivation of governments has
rules from a business or other
been to deregulate, privatize…
activity
rules or laws relating to a particular
activity that are made by a The vast majority of the world population
government that has no sway over legislation and…
control or influence