Vocabulary

• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• window of opportunity: A favorable period of time for doing something that will lead to a successful outcome.
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• grapple with: To struggle or deal with something difficult.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• mental: Concerning the mind
• depression: Medical condition of a lack of vitality
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• effort: Amount of work used trying to do something
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• realize: To become aware of or understand mentally
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• narrative: The telling of a story
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• aid: To help others and provide things
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• crew: Organized group of workers (e.g. on a ship)
• humanity: Quality of being understanding or sympathetic
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• civil: Of citizens of a country; not military, criminal
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
• empower: To give someone a power or ability
• mediterranean: Describing the sea between Italy and Africa
• event: Any social gathering; occasion; planned activity
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• laugh: To make a happy sound when something is funny
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• devastation: Act of ruining or destroying something
• psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
• startling: So remarkably different or sudden as to shock
• grapple: To engage in close hand-to-hand combat
• realization: Act of noticing something not noticed before
• homeland: Country where you were born
• islam: Religion of Muslims based on the Koran
• superhero: Fictional character who fights evil
• psalm: Religious song or poem