Vocabulary

• at sea
• of late: Recently; lately.
• at least: As a minimum
• drag in: To arrive somewhere reluctantly or heavily, often tired or late.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• make up: To invent or create a story
• turn away: To go in a different direction; not face something
• have to: Must do
• knock out: To hit and make unconscious
• threat to: A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger.
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• consider: To think carefully about something
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• conduct: Your behavior
• military: Army or armed forces
• quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
• wonder: Surprise caused by experiencing something amazing
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• interrupt: To stop something from happening for a while
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• agenda: Plan or policy to achieve your goal or intentions
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• grid: Electrical network supplying electricity to area
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• ambiguity: State of being confusing, uncertain or unclear
• policy: Document stating terms of an insurance agreement
• uncertainty: Feeling of not really knowing what will happen
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• survival: Act of continuing to exist when facing difficulty
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• storm: To act violently or angrily
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• civilian: Ordinary person who is not in the army
• glory: State of having respect, honor or pride
• act: To behave in a certain way
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• zone: Area of space designated for a particular use
• flood: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• provoke: To deliberately annoy to make someone aggressive
• maritime: Concerning sailing, ships
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• suffocate: To (cause to) die from lack of air to breathe
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• erosion: Process of wearing away by water, wind, or ice
• pillar: Tall strong post that supports a building
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• cripple: To hurt and make useless
• liberation: Act of setting someone or something free
• add: To include as well
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• reunification: State of putting separate things together again
• undersea: Beneath the surface of the sea
• policymaker: Someone who makes and decides (government) plans
• motherland: Country where you were born