English for Activists

Word List
This is a list of some words that I wrote on the board in class because there was some question about their meaning, pronunciation, or use. The top list contains mostly verbs and adjectives, the bottom contains nouns.

defeat
fire
take
lower
cut
reduce
decrease
check off
surround
transgender
lose
fired
up
transnational
can't
won't
abandon
shock
awe
awesome
looks like

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NLRB National Labor Relations Board
ILWU International Longshore Workers Union
ITF International Transport Workers Federation
IUF International Union of Food, Farm and Hotel Workers
margin
union shop
bra
lawsuit
case
Palestine