Vocabulary

• defiant message: A communication expressing resistance or opposition.
• set up
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• integrity: Quality of being honest, fair and honorable
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• military: Army or armed forces
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• pledge: To make a promise; make an oath
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• intention: Aim or purpose
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• respect: To follow the established rules
• hang: To attach a picture, photograph etc. onto a wall
• leave: To go away from; depart
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• totally: In a complete way; completely; absolutely
• counterpart: Person/thing having same function/characteristics
• insist: To demand that someone do something
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• postpone: To schedule for a later time
• point: An item to be discussed
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• confrontation: A disagreement or argument
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• land: Region or country
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• balance: Instrument for weighing things
• defiant: Refusing to obey (rules, parent); resistant
• glue: Sticky substance used for joining things together
• action: Something that a person or thing does
• level: Specific height of something
• embassy: Building where an ambassador works
• territorial: Associated with the ownership of an area
• disagreement: Act or state of not agreeing
• unacceptable: Not being or behaving in the correct or right way
• transatlantic: Going across the Atlantic Ocean
• defence: The process of protecting something from attack