Vocabulary

• as well as: Also; in addition to
• next to: Being located along side another
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• a couple hundred: Approximately two hundred.
• lead to: To result in some action
• at bay: Kept at a distance; held back.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• try out: To try to win a place on a team in a group
• for the best: Resulting in the most positive or beneficial outcome, even if it's difficult or painful in the short term.
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• prominent: Being important or well known
• military: Army or armed forces
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• plateau: Flat land that is higher than the land around it
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• address: Exact street location of a place
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• terrain: Characteristics (e.g. rough) of a piece of land
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• couple: To join something to something else
• district: Area of a country, city, or town
• silence: State of being quiet and not talking for a time
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• certificate: Official paper accepted as proof of something
• altitude: Height of something above sea level
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• staff: Employees of a company
• necessity: Something that you must have or do
• own: To have something as your property
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• land: Region or country
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• minimize: To make something seem small or less important
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• ridge: Edge where two leaning surfaces meet
• verse: Writing with words that rhyme or are rhythmic
• atop: At the top of (a mountain, etc.)
• lament: Song or poem that expresses great sadness
• geography: Study of the earth and its natural features
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• lab: Short for 'laboratory'
• sensational: Causing intense interest
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• oak: Hard, tough wood taken from an oak tree
• corps: A tactical unit of ground combat forces
• trinity: Christianity union of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
• plutonium: Radioactive metallic element