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Topic: Voting
(Topic for debate week)
Part1: Video
Vocabulary:
every conceivable way: (phrase) in every way that a person can think of
(...) doesn’t scale well: (phrase) works at a small level, but not when increased to a larger scale
anonymity: (n.) the state of not having one’s name or identity revealed
audit: (v.) officially inspect something and check security
open-source: (adj.) (software) made public
checksum/crypto/hash: (n.) keywords in IT related to ways to make digital information secret or hidden
Jackpot!: (phrase) used when achieving a massive success, gain, or reward; (originally) a large prize won in a game or lottery
proprietary: (adj.) controlled by a company
black box: (n.) a system whose innerworkings are a secret.
Part2: Reading
Vocabulary:
electorate: (n.) the group of people who are able to vote
even out the playing field: (idiom) make a situation fair for everyon
marginalized: (adj.) referring to the people who are outside the main political, social, or economic circles
be drowned out: (v.) (of a sound) become harder to hear because other sounds are louder / skew towards (...): (v.) have a biased or unbalanced tendency towards (...)
muscle memory: (n.) the ability to do something without consciously thinking about it; learned from repetition
begrudgingly: (adj.) while not really wanting to do it
spoiled (ballot): (n.) a vote which cannot be counted because it’s considered marked incorrectly.
