Vocabulary

• hit back: To retaliate; to respond to an attack or criticism with a similar action.
• to bits: Broken into many small pieces; completely ruined.
• in flames: Burning fiercely
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• interest of: For the benefit or advantage of someone or something.
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• have to: Must do
• in comparison: When compared to something else.
• fill up
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• live on: To continue to exist or be remembered.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• plain: Obvious; clearly so, true
• chase: Act of going after someone to catch them
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• due: When something is required or expected
• plunge: (Of prices, hopes etc.) to decrease very quickly
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• escort: Person going with you for protection/help/company
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• wheat: A kind of grain that is used to make flour
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fertilizer: Substance added to soil to help plants grow
• readily: In a quick and easy manner
• vow: Very serious promise
• fill: To make something full
• refuse: To not accept, allow, or give something
• duty: Work required by your job or position
• lay: Amateur; not being a trained priest
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• acceptable: Satisfactory; good enough
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• blatantly: Very obviously; without any shame
• service: Work that a person does to assist others
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• downward: Moving from a higher to a lower condition/place
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• fallout: Radioactive particles after a nuclear explosion
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• explosive: Tending to show strong emotion suddenly
• quickly: Without taking a lot of time; fast
• skyrocket: (Prices or things) to increase suddenly
• price: Person's name
• contingent: Dependent (on); likely to result (from)
• chant: To repeat a word or groups of words continuously
• pentagon: A five-sided shape
• corn: Small, painful hard spot on the foot
• sergeant: Officer of low rank in the military
• tractor: Powerful (farm) vehicle with large back wheels
• arab: Citizen of an Arabic speaking nation
• dignify: To raise the respect and status of
• tanker: Vehicle built to transport liquids
• newsroom: Part of a tv station where news is compiled