Vocabulary

• at least: As a minimum
• hard by: Very near or close to something.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• legitimate: Being born to legally married parents
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• military: Army or armed forces
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• respond: To answer something or someone
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• dire: (E.g. of consequences) very serious
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• business: A company formed for making profit
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• pose: To be or exist as (a problem, threat etc.)
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• mount: To attach something to something else
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• personnel: Group of people who work for a company or group
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• repression: Psych act of restricting or holding back emotions
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• unacceptable: Not being or behaving in the correct or right way
• clerical: Connected with office work
• horrify: To cause someone to feel horror or shock