Vocabulary

• go south: To travel or move towards the south.
• lead to: To result in some action
• at least: As a minimum
• on the ground: Located on the surface of the earth.
• crystal clear: Extremely clear and easy to understand.
• at war: Engaged in a war; fighting
• of choice: Indicating something is preferred or selected deliberately.
• bring to: To make someone to wake up from being unconscious
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• in terms of
• at last: Finally; after a long delay.
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• all at once: Suddenly; at the same time
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• eliminate: To completely remove; to get rid of
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• aisle: Long narrow space between rows of seats
• definition: Explanation of word's meaning, as in dictionaries
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• autonomous: Able to control or decide matters by itself
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• hunch: Premonition or suspicion; guess
• approval: Agreement that person/thing is acceptable
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• defense: Argument in support of something
• important: Having power or authority
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• troop: Group of people
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• organization: Group of people with a particular purpose
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• proposal: Act of asking someone to marry you
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• own: To have something as your property
• clarify: To make a liquid become clear or pure
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• afraid: Worried that something bad will happen; scared
• float: To sell the shares of a company publicly
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• excursion: Short trip or outing to some place
• bureau: Administrative unit of government
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• speculative: Not based on sure knowledge; based on intuition
• classify: To arrange things into groups of similar items
• happen: To take place or occur
• briefing: To give information and instructions in a meeting
• unnecessary: Being more than needed or not needed
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• semantic: Concerning the different meanings of words
• justification: Reason or fact that explains why something is true
• comeback: A clever or witty retort or reply
• incoherent: Not logical or not well-organized
• bombing: To attack with explosives