4th U4.W1 - “A Day in the Senate” vocab

Amendments are...

• formal changes made according to official procedures

• tools used to treat injuries

• a special type of flower

A commitment is...

• a sense of obligation toward something

• giving up on a goal

To compromise means...

• to reach agreement by having each side give up part of its demands

• to work together to reach agreement

• disappear completely

A democracy is...

• a government that is run by the people who live under it

• a kind of desert

Eventually means...

• in the end or finally

• at the beginning

Legislation means...

• laws are made or passed

• things that are not legal

A privilege is...

• a special right or benefit held by a certain group of people

• when everyone has the same benefits

A version is...

• an account given in a particular way

• an old dusty book

• a kind of fruit from Venice