This vocabulary comes from Khan Academy's Unit 1 Lesson 1 on 9th-grade reading and language arts. It can greatly benefit homeschoolers or people who want to learn more material/ahead.
Advocate
to support an idea
Barrier
obstruction; something that makes it difficult to get something done
Checkpoint
a place where vehicles and people are searched by an authority figure before they are allowed to move on
Restriction
a controlling rule or law; regulation
Impose
inflict, dictate
Imprint
impression
Lament
to express sadness or regret
Abundance
a great amount
Prosperity
wealth
Unprecedented
not experienced before
Profound
intense, serious
Afflict
to cause suffering; torment, burden
Deterrence
the act of keeping people from behaving in a particular way or from doing something you don’t want them to do
Fundamental
basic, essential