Vocabulary

• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• look to: Be looking to. be planning to (do something)
• have to: Must do
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• deal with
• fill up
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• with the exception of: Excluding; not including.
• down with: Suffering from an illness.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• in all likelihood: Very probably; almost certainly.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• accomplish: To succeed in doing; complete successfully
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• purpose: Reason for which something is done; aim; goal
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• component: One of the parts that something is made up of
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• military: Army or armed forces
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• predict: To guess or estimate what will or might happen
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• likelihood: Chance that something might happen
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• exception: Something different or not included
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• activate: To cause to happen; cause a chemical reaction
• important: Having power or authority
• enforcement: Process of making sure that rules are followed
• act: To behave in a certain way
• mission: A task or role someone is given to do
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• execution: Killing a person as a (usually legal) punishment
• proxy: Person authorized to act for another
• intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
• petroleum: Oil found in the ground used to make fuel
• chuck: To throw carelessly or casually
• rotate: To regularly change people who perform a role
• strategically: In a strategic or carefully worked out way
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• defer: To hold back to a later time
• bulletin: (Sudden or urgent) news piece
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• call: A order or request for action
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• asymmetric: Having no balance; not the same on both sides
• oversee: To check on or manage the work of others
• traditionally: Something done in a customary, traditional manner
• encrypt: To scramble data into a code so it is hard to read
• homeland: Country where you were born
• week: Period of seven days from Sunday to Saturday
• surprised: Feeling a shock when something unexpected happens
• abc: First letters of the Roman alphabet