Vocabulary

• in terms of
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• at least: As a minimum
• amounted to: To have reached a total of; to be equal to.
• put together: To build or assemble something small, e.g. a toy
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• factor in: To include something as an important element when making a decision or calculation.
• out there: In or to a place that is far away
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• move back: To retreat or withdraw from a position.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• go out: To leave a building (e.g. a house)
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• deliberate: Carefully thought out in advance
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• community: Group of people who share a common idea or area
• awful: Very bad; horrible; terrible
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• immense: Very great in size or amount
• famine: Long-lasting period of little food in an area
• address: Exact street location of a place
• distinguish: To make something clearly different from others
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• ethnic: Of people who share the same culture, traditions
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• respond: To answer something or someone
• flee: To leave somewhere urgently, to avoid danger
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• grim: Being very serious or determined
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• destroy: To damage so badly that something no longer exists
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• sanction: Official support or approval
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• genocide: Deliberate destruction of a group of people
• humanitarian: Person who tries to help those in a crisis
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• tribe: Racial group united by language, religion, customs
• siege: Surrounding an enemy to prevent them getting food
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• part: Division of a book
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• bureaucratic: Characterized by too many rules or officials
• atrocity: Shockingly cruel or inhumane act
• starvation: Extreme hunger; death from lack of food
• backbone: Strength and determination
• advocacy: Request for change
• harrowing: Extremely shocking or upsetting
• detain: To keep someone somewhere, e.g. in jail
• truce: Agreement between opponents to stop fighting
• loot: To steal things after riots or disasters
• decimate: to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
• singe: To burn lightly, often to remove hair
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• investigative: Searching for information or truth