Vocabulary

• in advance: Ahead of time; before something happens
• number of people: The total count of individuals within a group or gathering.
• in key: Singing or playing notes correctly according to the musical key.
• media outlet: A newspaper, magazine, television station, or other source of news and information.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• set off: To start a journey
• on the inside: Having a position of authority or influence within an organization or system.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for sure: Definitely; certainly; without a doubt.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• confidential information: Data or knowledge that is meant to be kept secret or private.
• cast a shadow: To cause a shadow to appear.
• wake up: To stop sleeping
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• regret: Feeling of being sorry, as for what you didn't do
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• bet: To gamble money to win more money, e.g. on horses
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• financial: Involving money
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• premature: Happening before the natural or desired time
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• account: An advantage
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• institute: Organization studying science, engineering etc.
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• mystery: Quality of being strange and not understood
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• monetary: Concerning a country's economic system
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• investigation: Search for information about something
• compliance: Act of obeying a law, etc.
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• staff: Employees of a company
• public: Owned by the government
• probe: To carefully examine an issue by asking questions
• quantum: The smallest unit or amount of energy
• illuminate: To supply light to something
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• confidential: Entrusted with another's secrets
• espionage: Act of spying
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• happen: To take place or occur
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• uphold: To support to keep it being used as it should
• neutralize: To remove or take away a threat
• nomination: Act of choosing someone for a certain position
• revere: To give someone great respect and loyalty
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• safeguard: To protect and ensure the safety of
• swedish: Concerning the culture and people of Sweden
• decentralize: To move parts from a center to other locations
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• poly: Multiple; many
• newsroom: Part of a tv station where news is compiled