Vocabulary

• individual: Single person, looked at separately from others
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• amount: Quantity of something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• calm: Without wind or storm; quiet; peaceful
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• footage: A certain amount of film or video of something
• grant: To admit an opinion is true but not fully agreeing
• asylum: Allowing persecuted people to stay in your country
• beat: To move in regular motions in order to push blood
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• refugee: Person forced to leave their home e.g. due to war
• slash: Line ( / ) used in writing
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• trace: To make an outline to determine a shape
• disruption: When a disturbance stops an activity in progress
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• investigation: Search for information about something
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• chief: Leader of a race or group of people
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• stab: To strike a blow with a knife, as to kill someone
• immigration: Process of moving your home to a new country
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• widely: To a large degree; over a large range
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• allege: To state without proof
• northern: In or toward the north
• justification: Reason or fact that explains why something is true
• peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
• incite: To cause something to happen, e.g. a riot
• abbey: Religious building in a Christian community