Reading challenge 2

A Vote for Democracy

Lack:

1 : to be deficient or missing lacking for a full explanation> 2 : to be short or have need of something lack for advisers> transitive verb : to stand in need of : suffer from the absence or deficiency of <lack the necessities of life>

Threshold:

1: the plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies under a door : sill2 a: gate , door b (1): end , boundary ; specifically : the end of a runway (2): the place or point of entering or beginning : outset threshold of a new age>3 a: the point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced threshold for pain> b: a level, point, or value above which something is true or will take place and below which it is not or will not.

Furthest:
Farthest

Spread:
1 a: to open or expand over a larger area <spread out the map> b: to stretch out : extend <spread its wings for flight>2 a: to distribute over an area <spread fertilizer> b: to distribute over a period or among a group <spread the work over a few weeks> c: to apply on a surface <spread butter on bread> d (1): to cover or overlay something with <spread the cloth on the table> (2)archaic : to cover completely e (1): to prepare or furnish for dining : set <spread the table> (2): serve <spread the afternoon tea>3 a: to make widely known <spread the news> b: to extend the range or incidence of <spread a disease> c: diffuse , emit spreading their fragrance>4: to push apart by weight or forceintransitive verb1 a: to become dispersed, distributed, or scattered b: to become known or disseminated spread rapidly>2: to grow in length or breadth : expand3: to move apart (as from pressure or weight) : separate.

Lag:

1: one that lags or is last2 a: the act or the condition of lagging b: comparative slowness or retardation c (1): an amount of lagging or the time during which lagging continues (2): a space of time especially between related events or phenomena : interval3: the action of lagging for opening shot (as in marbles or billiards)4: a usually long putt struck with the aim of having the ball stop near the hole