Wordlist Unit 8

Wordlist Unit 8

№	Word / collocation	Definition
1.	social welfare	organized public or private social services for the assistance of disadvantaged classes or groups
2.	bureaucrat	someone who is employed to help run an office or government department. This word can suggest that you do not like people like this because you think they have too much power and care too much about rules, procedures and systems.
3.	civil servant (or public servant)	someone who works for a government department
4.	civil society	the part of society that consists of organizations and institutions that help and look after people, their health, and their rights. It does not include the government or the family
5.	social mobility	the ability to move easily from a lower social class to a higher one
6.	to misunderstand	to think that someone means one thing, when in fact they mean different
7.	to misinterpret	to not understand the true meaning of someone’s actions or words, so that you believe something that is not in fact true
8.	to misjudge	to form a wrong opinion about a person or situation, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly
9.	to mismanage	to manage (something) badly or wrongly. E.g."he was accused of mismanaging the economy"
10.	to be/feel entitled to sth / to do sth	to have the right or permission to do something
11.	entitlement to sth/ to do sth benefit/holiday/pension/monetary entitlement	something that you have an official right to; an amount of money that someone is entitled to receive
12.	to be/feel responsible for sb/sth/doing sth	to have a duty to be in charge of or to look after someone or something
13.	to take control ofsth to lose control of sth to be/feel in control of sth to have control of/over sth to be beyond/outside sb’s control	the power to make decisions about something and decide what should happen
14.	sb/sth is to blame (for sth)	used to say that someone or something is responsible for something bad
15.	welfare state	a system by which the government provides a range of free services to people who need them, for example medical care, money for people without work, care for old people, etc.
16.	taxation system	a system by which the government takes money from people and spends it on things such as education, health, and defense
17.	equitable (distribution, system of taxation, conditions, voting system)	fair and reasonable because everyone is treated in the same way
18.	safety net	a system to help those who have serious problems and no other form of help
19.	unemployment benefit	money paid regularly by the government to people who have no job
20.	well-being of sth a sense/feeling of well-being physical/psychological/material well-being	the satisfactory state that someone or something should be in, that involves such things as being happy, healthy, and safe, and having enough money
21.	to provide (healthcare) provision	to give someone something that they need The act of providing something that someone needs
22.	free medical care	state system which provides free medical help
23.	NGO = non-governmental organization	an organization that tries to achieve social or political aims but is not controlled by a government

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