Vocabulary

• sort: To organize things by putting them into groups
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• conversation: Talking with other people; discussion or chat
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• military: Army or armed forces
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• defeat: To beat an enemy, team, disease
• respond: To answer something or someone
• leave: To go away from; depart
• haven: Place where people can feel safe and happy
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• obliterate: To completely destroy; rub out; stamp out
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• public: Owned by the government
• piece: A counter in a board game
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• trust: To expect confidently
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• frozen: Hard, solid because it is below zero degrees
• weapon: An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
• disagree: To have a different opinion; to fail to agree
• united: To join or come together for the same goal
• agreement: Sharing the same opinion or reach a decision
• enrich: To make someone or something better
• ceasefire: Agreement by two sides in a war to stop fighting
• republican: Supporter of the conservative US political party
• bomb: To attack with explosives
• bombing: To attack with explosives
• unpopular: Disliked by many people