Advanced Vocabulary for TOEFL - Social Problems

the practice of treating a person or different categories of people less fairly than others

an act of cruelty and unfairness toward someone because of their race, religion, or political views

the policy or practice of favoring people that belong to groups known to have been discriminated against formerly, especially by giving them jobs

to treat a person, group, or concept as insignificant or of secondary or minor importance

the conflict of interests between different social classes in a society, as mentioned in Marxist ideology

the act of forcing someone out of a country, usually because they do not have the legal right to stay there or because they have broken the law

the protection that a country grants to someone who has fled their home country because of political reasons

someone who seeks refuge in another country and wants to live in that country, often because they are in danger

someone who illegally lives or works in a country

the fact or process of coming to another country to permanently live there

the act of permanently leaving one's own country to go and live in another

the act or process of granting a foreigner the citizenship of a country

the fact of having or expressing strong, irrational views and disliking other people with different views or a different way of life

the state of being reluctant to accept ideas, thoughts, or behaviors that differ from one's own

the state in which one cannot satisfy their basic human needs

(of a person or area) facing challenging circumstances, especially financially or socially

the state of homelessness as a result of unemployment

a political situation in which there is anger among the people and protests are likely

a situation in which people join together to fight against those in power

a situation in which one has just enough money or food to survive

protection or shelter from something dangerous or troublesome

suffering from extreme deprivation

to take away a person or a country's riches to the point of poverty

extremely poor or in need

a situation in which people are forced work against their will through threats or violence that prevents them from escaping

to dismiss employees due to financial difficulties or reduced workload

the buying and selling of goods illegally

a condition in which a person does not have enough food or good food to eat in order to stay healthy

the act of inhaling smoke from another person's cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, especially involuntarily

hatred, antipathy, or prejudice toward homosexuals

a powerful, addictive, and illegal drug that some people take for pleasure

a recreational drug that is not considered very harmful and gives some people a sense of pleasure

expulsion of people from their homes, typically caused by war, persecution, or natural catastrophe