Vocabulary

• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• at the end of the day: Ultimately; when everything else is considered.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• in places: In some locations but not others
• have to: Must do
• this day and age: The present period or modern times.
• in this day and age: In the present time; nowadays.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• closer than: Nearer in distance compared to something else.
• for life: For the duration of one's life; permanently.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• combat: To fight someone or something physically
• prominent: Being important or well known
• precise: (Of language details etc.) Very accurate and exact
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• mature: Behaving like an adult
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• private: Being away from others and quiet
• validation: Act of finding or testing the truth of something
• accountability: Responsibility to someone or for some activity
• remote: Being far away from people, towns, etc.
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• seal: To close tightly to protect it from leaking
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• destructive: Causing a very large amount of damage
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• dominate: To be taller, bigger, or more physically obvious
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• influential: Having the power to cause change; having influence
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• loop: A circle or curved shape, as when you tie a lace
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• transform: To change the shape completely in a good way
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• fully: Completely or entirely
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• ammunition: Supply of bullets, etc. that are fired from guns
• aircraft: Vehicle that can fly
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• product: Item that can be bought
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• exhibition: Public event to display objects, art etc.
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.
• cargo: Goods carried in a ship or plane
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• soldier: Person working in an army to fight
• navy: Very dark shade of blue
• aerospace: Industry of air and space travel
• airfield: Place where planes take off and land
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target