Vocabulary

• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• strategy: Careful plan or method for achieving a goal
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• confidence: Feeling that you can do well at something
• strike: To hit something
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• extent: Point, level or limit to which something reaches
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• parade: Large group walking in a public celebration
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• invasion: Entry into a place to cause harm
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• important: Having power or authority
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• entertain: To receive someone as a guest
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• tide: Way opinions or events are developing or changing
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• diplomacy: Tactful handling of sensitive relationships
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• saint: Person who is very good, kind or patient
• territorial: Associated with the ownership of an area
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• victory: Defeating or beating someone or something
• asymmetrical: Having no balance; not the same on both sides
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• smoke: To give off a cloud of grey gas from burning
• hometown: Town (or city) where you grew up or where you live