Vocabulary

• peace talks: Discussions between representatives of opposing sides in a conflict aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution.
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• at a stroke: With a single action; suddenly and decisively.
• turned out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• map out: To plan or arrange something in detail.
• primary purpose: The main or most important aim or reason for something.
• going on: To continue doing something
• in case of: If something happens; in the event of.
• come after: To follow someone in order to threaten them
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in exchange for: Given or done as an equivalent or substitute for.
• after the fact: Happening or known later than the actual event.
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• in operation: Currently working or functioning as intended.
• run by: To be managed or controlled by someone or a group.
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• military: Army or armed forces
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• render: To cause to be in a certain state or condition
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• facilitate: To make an action or process easier
• communist: Believer in communism
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• project: To predict what will happen in the future
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• expedition: Long journey, often to a dangerous or new place
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• symphony: Harmony of color or sound
• operation: Business or company, or its activities
• false: Not real or genuine
• archive: To store things such as historical records
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• union: Act of joining two or more things into one
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• immunity: State of not being able to catch a disease
• terrorist: Radical who employs terror as a political weapon
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• cyber: Concerning the internet
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• datum: Item of factual information
• soviet: Elected government council in a communist country
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• pentagon: A five-sided shape
• compile: To put programming data into a computer
• early: Coming/happening before others in a time sequence
• vietnam: A communist state in Indochina on the South China Sea; achieved independence from France in
• overheard: To happen to hear something not meant for you
• mid: At (or near) the middle point
• south: Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
• prism: Three-dimensional object
• payload: Part of guided missile containing the explosive
• homegrown: Grown or originating in original place
• squadron: Military unit, e.g. of planes or ships
• sputnik: Russian artificial satellite
• democratically: In a democratic manner; based on democratic ideas
• ayatollah: Important religious or political leader in Iran
• yahoo: Person who is not very intelligent or cultured