Vocabulary

• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• context: Set of facts surrounding a person or event
• extreme: Very great in degree
• advantage: Thing making the chance of success higher
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• previous: Existing or happening before the present time
• climate: Typical weather conditions in a particular place
• surveillance: Careful watching of a person/place, e.g. by police
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• grip: To hold someone's interest
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• press: Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
• lure: Appealing quality that attracts people
• violent: Done with force; likely to produce physical damage
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• crime: Act that is believed to be a mistake or foolish
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• sentiment: Feeling or attitude you have about something
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• immigrant: Person moving to another country to live there
• committee: Group of people who do or decide something
• fully: Completely or entirely
• coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• monitor: To observe and keep a record of something
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• outlet: Place in a wall to supply electricity to a device
• forecast: Prediction of some future thing, e.g. the weather
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• helicopter: Aircraft with spinning blades at the top
• echo: (Of a place) to be filled with repeating sounds
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• illustration: Picture that helps explain something
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• northern: In or toward the north
• ayatollah: Important religious or political leader in Iran