Vocabulary

• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• absolutely: Completely; totally; very
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• infrastructure: Basic necessary equipment for a country or region
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• immediately: Without any delay; straight away
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• specifically: As regards a particular thing; closely related to
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• military: Army or armed forces
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• essence: Most important part or quality of something
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• facility: Piece of equipment or buildings with a special use
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• major: High-ranking officer in the army
• responsibility: Job, task or thing you are expected to look after
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• point: An item to be discussed
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• suburb: Residential area on the outskirts of a city
• missile: A weapon that is thrown, shot or launched
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• side: To decide to agree with one point, not the other
• escalation: An increase in severity
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• involvement: Act or process of joining in a particular activity
• shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
• colonel: Person with senior rank in an army or air force