Vocabulary

• on the streets: Without a home; homeless or exposed outdoors.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• from power: To lose control or position of authority.
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• upset: (Of stomach, etc.) not functioning well; sick
• address: Exact street location of a place
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• veteran: Person experienced through long service
• turmoil: Very confused situation where things are not clear
• opponent: Person who opposes an idea or plan; enemy
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
• sovereignty: The power a country has to decide for itself
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• politician: Someone whose job is in politics
• brink: Near to happening; on the verge of
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• century: Period of 100 years
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• gather: To bring objects together into one place
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• dozen: 12 people or things
• land: Region or country
• rule: Something that is normal and usually happens
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• monarchy: Nation that is ruled by a king or queen
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• betray: To endanger (friend) by giving enemy information
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• constitutional: Regarding laws that govern a nation and its people
• commander: Person with authority who commands or controls
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• unify: To bring or join together into one
• dynamite: Sticks of explosive triggered by a fuse
• oust: To eject from a position or place; force out