Vocabulary

• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• for instance: As an example.
• thankful for: Feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
• phase out: To gradually end a task, or sell a product
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• behind the scenes: Secretly or without being known to the public.
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• military: Army or armed forces
• authority: The power to give orders to people
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• aid: To help others and provide things
• scrutiny: Careful examination, as to see rules are followed
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• democratic: (Of government) giving the people power, a vote
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• leave: To go away from; depart
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• aggression: Use of energy and determination to achieve a goal
• additional: Further or added
• defense: Argument in support of something
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• explode: To express an emotion in a sudden and loud way
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• historic: (Of past event) having an effect on future; famous
• part: Division of a book
• treaty: An agreement between nations
• overwhelmingly: So it cannot be resisted
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• artillery: Guns used by the military larger than machine guns
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• dome: Rounded roof or ceiling shaped like half a ball
• provisional: Temporary and subject to certain conditions
• withhold: To hold something back; restrict access to
• indistinct: Not clearly defined; not easy to see or hear
• mistrust: To feel that you cannot trust someone or something