Vocabulary

• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• compromise: To weaken your position or views
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• practical: Relating to what is sensible, real or useful
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• capacity: Ability to hold, involve or contain (e.g. liquids)
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
• fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• frankly: Speaking honestly and directly
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• military: Army or armed forces
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• option: A choice
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• setback: Unfortunate happening that hinders or frustrates
• durable: Able to stay in good condition for a long time
• quantity: A large amount of something
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• leave: To go away from; depart
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• ramp: Path that increases in height as you walk up it
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• council: Group chosen to make decisions about something
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• compliance: Act of obeying a law, etc.
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• existential: Philosophy concerning existence
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• point: An item to be discussed
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• opposition: Act of disagreeing or trying to stop something
• comply: To obey; follow a rule, another's wishes etc.
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• negotiation: A formal discussion to reach an agreement
• stockpile: Large supply of something kept for future use
• enrich: To make someone or something better
• tactical: Doing things to get the result you want; planned
• provision: Clause in a legal document
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• shipping: To transport goods by boat, truck or plane
• reset: To return to the original start or formation
• unthinkable: Impossible to imagine; not to be considered
• enrichment: Making someone's life richer