Vocabulary

• as a matter of fact: In reality; actually; used to emphasize the truth of a statement, often when it differs from what someone might expect or believe.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• figure: To appear in a game, play or event
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• strike: To hit something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• conservative: (Of an estimate, price) set fairly low
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• spark: Small piece of burning material produced by fire
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• fate: What will happen to you in the future, often bad
• apparatus: Tools or instruments used for a specific activity
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• defense: Argument in support of something
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• funeral: Ceremony of burying, burning a dead body
• important: Having power or authority
• sanction: Official support or approval
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• crackdown: Increased effort to enforce the law or a rule
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• cyber: Concerning the internet
• overnight: (Becoming famous, etc.) in a short amount of time
• found: To become aware of something that is happening
• believe: To think or accept that something is true
• freedom: State of being free, not being controlled
• live: To be alive
• unit: One apartment in a building
• add: To include as well
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• ministry: Body of religious workers and leaders
• militia: Local armed forces to assist the police
• assassinate: To murder a famous or public figure