Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• in terms of
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• million dollar: Extremely valuable or impressive; very expensive.
• into power: To gain political control or leadership position.
• lean into: To bend or move your body closer to something, often for support or to get a better view.
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for the world: Used to emphasize something would never happen.
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• speak to: To address or communicate with someone.
• at least: As a minimum
• to do with: To be about something; concern
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• chaotic: Utterly confused
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• detrimental: Harmful
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• military: Army or armed forces
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• effectively: In a way that produces the desired result
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• grind: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• signature: Something that represents a person's work or style
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• trap: Device used for catching animals
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• drag: To reluctantly move or go somewhere
• persist: To continue a course of action despite opposition
• clarity: Being easy to be seen through, heard or understood
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• defense: Argument in support of something
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• barrel: To travel at high speed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• vow: Very serious promise
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• refine: To change slightly in order to improve it
• cyber: Concerning the internet
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
• asymmetric: Having no balance; not the same on both sides
• mosaic: A mixture of various elements