Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• take on: To acquire a new characteristic
• for the most part: Generally; mostly; on the whole.
• at least: As a minimum
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• shoot down: To make plane fall from sky by shooting rockets
• ramp up: To increase the level or amount of something sharply.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in shape: In good physical condition; fit.
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• boost: To increase something; to make something better
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• tackle: To start working on a difficult problem
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• strike: To hit something
• amount: Quantity of something
• industry: Hard work; being busy working
• military: Army or armed forces
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• prospect: Opportunity or chance for success
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• account: An advantage
• ally: Someone who supports, helps, or defends you
• aid: To help others and provide things
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• role: Character played by an actor
• race: Speed contest between people, animals or vehicles
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• propel: To push, or make move in a certain direction
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• irritated: To disturb, anger, or upset someone
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• arsenal: Place where weapons are stored
• stagnant: Unmoving; not growing, as of an economy
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• alliance: Group of people/organizations working together
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• part: Division of a book
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• artillery: Guns used by the military larger than machine guns
• full: Containing all the parts; complete
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• donor: Someone giving money or gifts to support a cause
• patriot: Person who loves and defends their own country
• criticise: To assess the work of others
• annexation: Incorporation of land from a country