Vocabulary

• in the face of: When confronted with something difficult or challenging.
• descend into: To go down into a place.
• cross swords: To argue or fight verbally with someone.
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• racist: Believing that people of other races are inferior
• horrible: Very bad; causing annoyance, distaste or fear
• rhetoric: The study of public speaking or writing techniques
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• steer: A cow
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• frequently: Often; regularly
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• humiliation: Loss of self-respect or status
• condemn: To say that (a building) is too unsafe to be used
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• land: Region or country
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• delegation: A group of people sent as representatives
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• ambush: Act of lying in wait to attack by surprise
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• uncomfortable: Not being relaxed; worried about something
• machine: Piece of equipment used to do work
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
• persecute: To ill-treat, oppress or harass, as for religion
• positively: In a manner showing agreement or support for
• pleasantly: In a cheerful manner
• massage: Rubbing neck, back etc., to relieve pain/to relax
• musk: Strong sweet-smelling substance used in perfume
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• industrialize: To make into something at an industrial level