Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• set up
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• deal with
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• strike: To hit something
• amount: Quantity of something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• foundation: Base or important starting point
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• require: To demand that someone does something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• aid: To help others and provide things
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• personal: Done by or to a particular person; individual
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• staff: Employees of a company
• verify: To prove that something is right, accurate or true
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• interested: Having had your attention taken; curious
• cooperate: To work together with, to assist someone
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• group: Two or more musicians who play music together
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• captivity: State of being held against your will (in prison)
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• insufficient: Not sufficient; not enough
• abduct: To take away by force, usually to get money
• oz: Abbreviation for 'ounce' or 'ounces'