Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• campaign: To work in an organized, active way towards a goal
• exclusive: Being available only to people with a lot of money
• strike: To hit something
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• military: Army or armed forces
• intensity: Great energy, strength, or concentration
• intact: Being complete, without damaged or missing parts
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• advance: Forward movement by an army
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• tap: To access a liquid (e.g. in a tree) through a hole
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• leave: To go away from; depart
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• combine: To mix several things together to form one thing
• defense: Argument in support of something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fully: Completely or entirely
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• deploy: To put into position (often a military operation)
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• intercept: To stop or catch something while it is moving
• unveil: To remove something's outer covering
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• wreckage: Remaining parts of something that has been wrecked
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• coyote: Wild dog that is found in North America
• northern: In or toward the north
• naval: Concerning a navy or ships used in war
• patriot: Person who loves and defends their own country
• consulate: Residence or office premises of a counsel
• falcon: Fast-flying hunting bird
• warhead: Part of the missile that contains the explosive
• destroyer: Something that destroys others, e.g. a navy ship
• kamikaze: Mission of Japanese pilots in WWII to crash planes
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target