Vocabulary

• rule out: To eliminate as a possibility; exclude.
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• news conference: A meeting organized for the purpose of disseminating information to the news media.
• interest of: For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
• very top: The highest point or part of something.
• best known: Most widely or popularly recognized, famous, or familiar.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• for sale: (object) that people can buy
• up there: In or to a higher place or position; far away.
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• on the table: Located on the surface of a table.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• crucial: Extremely important or necessary
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• robust: Having physical vigor or energetic good health
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• planet: One of the bodies that orbit the sun
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• increasingly: More and more; in greater degree or amount
• mock: To laugh at someone or something in an unkind way
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• trip: To release an electrical switch
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• voyage: Long journey to a distant or unknown place
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• bolster: To prop up or support (e.g. a wall)
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• govern: To officially control land and make policies
• underway: Happening now
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• embassy: Building where an ambassador works
• barren: (Of a woman) not able to have children
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• radar: Radio device used to find the location of objects