Vocabulary

• peace talks: Discussions between representatives of opposing sides in a conflict aimed at reaching a peaceful resolution.
• on edge: Anxious, nervous, or irritable.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• convention center
• face to face: (Meeting) while looking at someone
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• far worse: Significantly more unpleasant, serious, or severe.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• surge: Sudden movement in one direction by many
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• imperative: The state of demanding notice or attention
• blame: To say someone is responsible for something bad
• notion: Sudden idea or desire to do something
• fuel: To give power to (a mob, anger, etc.); incite
• spike: The top point in a graph
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• acknowledge: To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
• vice: used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• declare: To make a statement in a strong and confident way
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• optimism: Condition of having a positive outlook or belief
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• poll: Process of gathering opinions by asking questions
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• revolution: When a group overthrows an existing government
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• luxury: Something expensive bought for pleasure
• broad: General; not detailed
• spend: To use money to pay for something
• wipe: To clean or dry something with a cloth
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• significance: The potential for something to have a big effect
• senate: A board of governors at a college or university
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• cease: To come or bring to an end; stop continuing
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• jar: To have a harsh or unsettling effect on someone
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• price: Person's name
• close: Almost; near
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• downplay: To suggest something is not a serious as thought
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects
• gallon: Unit of liquid equal to 4 US quarts (3.785 liters)
• shipment: Delivery of goods, e.g. carried by a large vehicle
• enrichment: Making someone's life richer
• negotiator: Person holding a discussion to reach agreement
• supplemental: Functioning in a supporting capacity
• precipice: Very steep or overhanging dangerous cliff