Vocabulary

• seal off: To close an entrance to a place
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at the moment: At this time; now
• literally: In a literal manner or sense; exactly as stated.
• articulate: To express something clearly using language
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• urge: A strong desire for something
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• shed: Small building used for storage
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• decade: Period of 10 years
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• propaganda: (Use of) message that you want people to accept
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
• intentional: Done with a deliberate plan to do or achieve
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• rally: Public meeting to support or oppose something
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• point: An item to be discussed
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• person: Man, woman or child
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• bolster: To prop up or support (e.g. a wall)
• battle: Military fight between armies
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• share: Part-ownership in a property, business or company
• weight: How heavy something is
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• figuratively: In a manner a metaphor; not literally
• outward: Going away from a place that will be returned to
• revere: To give someone great respect and loyalty
• plump: Large and round; slightly fat, in a pleasant way
• curate: To be in charge of selecting and caring for objects to be shown in a museum or to form part of a collection of art, an exhibition, etc.
• strife: Conflict or discord
• spy: Person who gets secret information about an enemy
• orchestrate: To organize and plan
• gaunt: Very thin because of tiredness or illness
• grandfather: Your mother's or father's father