Politics - Vocabulary recap | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

WITH T: the number of people who vote in an election.

In 2016 the TURNOUT was 50%.

WITH R: to dishonestly arrange the result of an election or competition before it happens.

Some international observers have claimed the election was RIGGED.

WITH C: an opinion that everyone in a group agrees with or accepts.

There's a lack of CONSENSUS about the aims of the project.

IDIOM: used to tell someone what the most important part of a situation is, or what the most important thing to consider is.

THE BOTTOM LINE is we need another ten thousand dollars to complete the project.

IDIOM: A situation that will lead to serious trouble.

Trying to be trendy when dealing with teenagers is a sure RECIPE FOR DISASTER.

WITH L: Something that someone has achieved that continues to exist after they stop working or die.

Perhaps her most important LEGACY was her programme of educational reform.

IDIOM: to have no chance of achieving something.

I don't think there's A HOPE IN HELL of these targets being achieved.

IDIOM: To argue against or attack an idea, argument, or proposition—even if one is in favor of it—for the sake of debate or to further examine its strength, validity, or details.

I'm all for universal health care, but I'll PLAY THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE in asking how the government intends to fund such a massive undertaking.

WITH P: A very small amount of money.

He's earning PEANUTS at the supermarket.

WITH O: So unfair or immoral that you feel angry.

Some players earn OBSCENE amounts of money.

WITH C: A special power that some people have naturally that makes them able to influence other people and attract their attention and admiration.

He lacks CHARISMA.

WITH R: The quality of not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others when deciding what you need to do.

He behaved with utter RUTHLESSNESS.