Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• account of: A spoken or written description of an event.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• at the same time: Simultaneously; at the identical moment.
• same time: Occurring simultaneously or at the same point in time.
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• strike: To hit something
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• comment: Something you say, giving an opinion; remark
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• military: Army or armed forces
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• account: An advantage
• expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• respond: To answer something or someone
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• defense: Argument in support of something
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• retaliation: Revenge for something harmful or wrong
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• unrest: Disturbance, e.g. of crowd in protest against
• anonymity: When no one knows your identity
• fleet: Group of ships under one commander
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• confrontation: A disagreement or argument
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• topple: To cause a government/leader to be overthrown
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• retaliate: To take revenge for something harmful or wrong
• tell: To (strongly) advise a person to do something
• lobby: Main entrance and waiting room of public building
• erupt: To begin doing something or happen suddenly
• final: Last game in a series in a competition
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• clerical: Connected with office work
• overrun: To exceed or be too much; take too long
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• longtime: Concerning for a long duration