Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• show off: To show your ability/possessions to try to impress
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• in danger: Exposed to the risk of harm, injury, or loss.
• burn in: To cause a permanent ghost image on a screen by displaying a static image.
• have to: Must do
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• executive: A senior manager in a business or organization
• strength: Condition of being strong
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• relentless: Continuing without slowing or losing strength
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• financial: Involving money
• military: Army or armed forces
• strive: To work hard/make effort to achieve something
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• chill: State of being a little cold
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• inappropriate: Not appropriate or suitable for a situation
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• vicious: Very dangerous, e.g. an animal or dog
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• coup: Successful taking over of a thing; sudden success
• disregard: To treat something as unimportant; ignore
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• burn: To destroy with fire
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• massacre: Killing of a large number of people
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• defiant: Refusing to obey (rules, parent); resistant
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• dead: Not alive
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• embargo: Order from a government which prohibits something
• disrespect: Lack of respect
• ugly: (E.g. of a situation) bad; likely to turn nasty
• limitation: Act of controlling or reducing the size of
• fascist: Person advocate an authoritarian government
• char: To become burnt and the outside appears black
• junta: Military group that seized control of a country