Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• at least: As a minimum
• at home: In one's own residence or country.
• turn out: To arrive for a public event or entertainment
• in places: In some locations but not others
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• come by: To become the owner of something, e.g. by accident
• run to: To have enough money; be able to pay; afford
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• in power: Having control of a country or organization.
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• moral: In a way considered proper and good by most people
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• neglect: Act of failing to do something important, required
• architecture: Design and construction of buildings
• core: To take out the central section of a fruit
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• infinite: Being very large in amount
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• economy: Using money, resources in a careful, effective way
• respond: To answer something or someone
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• observation: Remark or comment on something you noticed
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• succumb: To eventually die from a disease
• industrial: Concerning making things in factories
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• hostage: Person held prisoner to get a demand satisfied
• century: Period of 100 years
• british: Concerning the culture and people of British
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• public: Owned by the government
• finite: Having limits; lasting for a limited time
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• great: Very good; better than before
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• tectonic: Denoting or relating to construction or building
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• instability: Condition of being changeable
• allure: Attraction to something desirable
• scholar: Educated person who attends or attended school
• maiden: Being the earliest or first
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• divert: To attract someone's attention from something
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• endowment: Natural ability or quality
• periphery: Far edge of something
• modernity: Quality of being current or of the present
• superpower: State powerful enough to influence world events
• southeastern: Area in the south and east