Vocabulary

• landslide victory: An overwhelming victory in an election or contest.
• in a state: In a particular condition or situation.
• in peace: In a state of tranquility, without disturbance or conflict.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• take stock: To review or assess a situation.
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• know: To be familiar with a person or place, thing
• money: Coins or notes we use to pay for things
• last: Final; with nothing following; after all others
• wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
• computer: Machine for storing data, accessing the internet
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• pay: To give money for goods or work done
• family: Close group of people or organizations
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• job: Something that must be done
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• live: To be alive
• important: Having power or authority
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• free: Living, happening without being controlled
• borrowing: To take and later return something from another
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• east: Direction where the sun rises
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• price: Person's name
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• sick: Having a physical or mental illness
• dream: A wish or hope for something to happen
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• win: Success in beating the other team or competitors
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• peace: Calm and quiet state
• unequal: Unfair; biased in someone's favor
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• defended: To protect and explain your position in court
• accommodation: Adapting to become better at handling situations
• acceptable: Satisfactory; good enough
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• defense: Argument in support of something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• properly: In an appropriate or correct manner
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• experienced: Having skill and knowledge gained by doing things
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• renew: To make something stronger, fresher, or like new
• shortage: A lack of something necessary
• fade: To cause to lose brightness of color
• domestic: Someone paid to help with housework in your house
• independence: Having the freedom to make your own decisions
• decay: To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• faith: Belief in a god or gods; religion
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• equally: In an equal, even, or identical manner
• pretend: To act as if something is true when it is not
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• socialist: Of socialism; being a socialist
• inevitable: That must happen; certain to happen
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• contempt: Extreme lack of respect; strong disapproval
• landslide: Slide of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
• adversary: Opponent who want to fight you for some reason
• aggressor: Country or person that starts a fight or conflict
• tyranny: Cruel government by a ruler who has complete power