Vocabulary

• carry out
• in focus: State in which you see something sharp and clearly
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• build up: To increase the amount; collect something
• in progress: Currently taking place or being done; not yet completed.
• at the moment: At this time; now
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• from power: To lose control or position of authority.
• scheduled for: To be planned or arranged for a specific time.
• at a cost: Involving loss or sacrifice.
• check out
• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• urge: A strong desire for something
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• military: Army or armed forces
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• budget: Amount of money planned to be spent
• conspiracy: Plan made in secret to do something illegal
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• breach: To break laws or barriers (e.g. walls)
• offensive: Causing displeasure or anger
• dismiss: To consider that something is at an end
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• covert: Hidden; secret
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• dictator: Ruler who decides everything, and enforces it
• part: Division of a book
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• intimidation: Being made to feel afraid or timid, as by threats
• escalation: An increase in severity
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• allege: To state without proof
• futile: Having no result; useless
• cyclone: Strong wind, similar to a hurricane, tornado, etc.
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• amphibious: Operating or living on land and in water
• show: To be easily seen or displayed
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• pentagon: A five-sided shape
• bribery: Payment of money so you can do something dishonest
• buildup: Making people feel excited about some new event
• democratically: In a democratic manner; based on democratic ideas
• midwest: North central region of the United States
• geopolitic: Study of relationship among politics and geography