Vocabulary

• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• on the whole: Considering everything; generally.
• have to: Must do
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• by design: Intentionally; deliberately.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• go on: To continue doing something
• at the moment: At this time; now
• got to: To arrive at some place
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• deliberate: Carefully thought out in advance
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• session: Period of time used for a specific activity
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• coordinate: To match styles or colors that go well together
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• article: Word such as 'a', 'an', or 'the' used before nouns
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• defense: Argument in support of something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• act: To behave in a certain way
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• contest: Struggle or competition between rivals
• land: Region or country
• malfunction: A failure of something to work properly
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• treaty: An agreement between nations
• area: Amount of measured space
• invoke: To appeal for help/protection to higher authority
• atlantic: Of the ocean between Africa and the Americas
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• escalation: An increase in severity
• examination: (Medical) test to find out what is wrong
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• allege: To state without proof
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• happen: To take place or occur
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders