Vocabulary

• put down roots: To settle down and make a home; to establish oneself in a place or community.
• reach out: To attempt to communicate with someone.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• commitment: Permanent love or concern for person, thing
• pattern: Model to follow in making or doing something
• thrive: To be or become healthy or successful
• deliberately: In a careful, considered manner; on purpose
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• firm: Company that sells goods or services
• brand: A mark burned on an animal to show who owns it
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• dialogue: Conversation between two or more individuals
• mutual: Shared between two or more people
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• prosperity: State of being financially/economically successful
• consensus: A decision that is shared by most of a group
• address: Exact street location of a place
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• democracy: System of government in which everyone is equal
• norm: Standard or regular way of doing something
• rough: Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• principle: Moral rule or belief governing a person's behavior
• intention: Aim or purpose
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• sovereignty: The power a country has to decide for itself
• subordinate: Grammar (of a clause) dependent on the main clause
• sinister: Suggesting evil or danger; threatening
• sole: The part of your foot which touches the ground
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• fallacy: Idea many people believe is true but is false
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• uphold: To support to keep it being used as it should
• evade: To avoid being captured; avoid answering
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• chime: To make a musical, harmonious sound
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• nautical: Concerning ships, sailing or sailors
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• ship: Large boat
• island: Area of land that is surrounded by water
• negotiable: That can be discussed to come to an agreement
• strongly: With strength or in a strong manner
• boat: Small form of transport for traveling on water
• tow: Pulling another vehicle; being pulled thus
• sever: To cut off
• east: Direction where the sun rises