Vocabulary

• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• in short supply: Not available in sufficient quantity; scarce.
• in need: Not having the necessary things, such as food
• for now: Temporarily; for the present time.
• at least: As a minimum
• put out: To publish, e.g. a book
• at the moment: At this time; now
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• vast: Being very large in size or amount
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• crush: Strong attraction to someone
• decade: Period of 10 years
• shift: To change in position or direction
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• shelter: Place to protect people/animals from abuse
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• religion: Organized set of beliefs about a god or gods
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• aid: To help others and provide things
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• halt: To stop, or cause something, e.g. a car, to stop
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• dictatorship: Form of government with an absolute rules
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• evacuate: To move people from dangerous to a safe places
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• makeshift: That only serves as something temporarily
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• fracture: Break in a bone, usually small
• province: Subject that a person has a good knowledge of
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• cemetery: Place where people are buried after they die
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• defiance: Unashamed opposition or refusal to abide by rules
• truce: Agreement between opponents to stop fighting
• convoy: Group of moving vehicles, e.g. of an army/navy
• distrust: Feeling of having no faith in a person/thing
• roadside: Edge of a way or road or path
• checkpoint: Place where a traveler's ID is checked