US Glossary - Eng

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• density the average number of people in a place
• life expectancy the average life span of an individual
• infant mortality rate the number of infant deaths
• constitution the laws of a nation
• executive the branch of government that puts the laws into effect
• legislative the branch of government that makes the laws
• judicial the branch of government that is interprets the constitution
• branch a subdivision
• legislature a body having the authority to make laws
• comprise to be made up of
• The Supreme Court the highest body in the judicial branch
• ultimate final
• interpretation a particular adaptation of a work
• origin ancestry
• Hispanic person of Latin American descent
• African American an American of African descent
• predominant most frequent
• pronunciation the way you say a word
• native language first language
• faith belief
• embrace welcome
• staples common produce
• eating habits what people eat
• beverage a drinkable liquid
• socialize associate
• leisure free time
• insufficient not enough
• civil rights rights of a citizen
• secular non-religious
• groceries food products
• diversity variety
• compulsory obligatory
• national public health-care system health care provided by the state
• charges payments
• poverty people who lack basic human needs
• considerable large

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