Elizabeth Warren’s Proposal for Reforming Higher Education Flashcards
stance
The word stance refers to a position of belief or point of view
staking out
the phrasal verb staking out here means something like to
establish. So she is establishing her beliefs/opinions on this topic.
sweeping
(the word “sweeping” means having a large and wide effect
Other people have different beliefs about education – some favor sweeping
benefits
incremental
incremental adjustments (that means small or gradual changes
Vying for
This plan is bigger than the plan of Bernie Sanders, another person who is
vying for the nomination to be the presidential candidate. Vying for means
“competing for.”
fixture
. A fixture
is something that is always present
stump speech
a political speech to an audience.
rallying cry
– a rallying cry is a word or phrase used to bring people
together and get them excited about supporting a cause. The article says, “’Free college’ has become a popular progressive rallying cry
in recent years
mainstream
Something that is mainstream is commonly and popularly accepted.
rebuttal
(a rebuttal is a comment
or argument that goes against someone else’s opinion/statements
gained little traction
gained little traction, meaning it did not get much support or
momentum.
embrace
To embrace in this case means to
completely accept and welcome enthusiastically
incentivize
To incentivize
means to try to encourage/motivate action by providing or promising a
reward.
chip in
Warren proposes a tax on millionaires and billionaires, as well as asking states to chip in. The phrasal
verb chip in means to contribute money to a collective/group effort
out of whack
Warren says it would be easy to provide free education, and that our current economy
is “badly out of whack” – this expression, out of whack, means not balanced,
not functioning correctly, not having the right priorities.
