Have women achieved equality with men? The Washington Post ran an article last week about women’s progress here in Spain. What do you think? Did they get it right?

Before (or after) you read, take a look at the following words and match them to their definitions below. I’ll post the answers in the comments section.
1. Outspoken
2. allot
3. split
4. shrinking
5. seismic
6. family-friendly
7. cracking down on
8. are striking back
9. scoff
10. pick up
11. to make up for something
12. deeply ingrained

DEFINITIONS
a) very large
b) becoming smaller
c) favoring or helpful to families
d) to speak one’s mind
e) divide
f) to laugh at
g) clean or straighten
h) to marked in a lasting way
i) to return aggression
j) seriously enforce a law or rule
k) give in fixed amounts
l) compensate