Vocabulary

• stuff: Generic description for things, materials, objects
• phrase: Common expression or saying
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• artificial: Dishonest, to seem fake, not sincere
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• convince: To persuade someone, or make them feel sure
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
• strike: To hit something
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• metaphor: Imaginative use of words to reveal a similarity
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• exploit: To selfishly take advantage of or treat badly
• autonomy: The power to make independent decisions
• task: Big or small piece of work someone has to do
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• radical: Person who believes in extreme political change
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• innovative: Having or using new methods or ideas
• counter: To say or do something in opposition or resistance
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• ground: To break (coffee, etc.) into tiny bits with machine
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• assemble: To put parts together to make a complete unit
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• domain: A field of knowledge, thought or influence
• integration: Act of bringing things together into a whole
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• ammunition: Supply of bullets, etc. that are fired from guns
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• mobility: Ability to move
• capability: Means, ability, or potential to do something
• artillery: Guns used by the military larger than machine guns
• backbone: Strength and determination
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• battlefield: Region where a battle was, or is being fought
• duel: Competition between two athletes or enemies
• armour: Defensive (e.g. metal) covering for bodies, things
• firepower: Relative capacity for shooting, bombing a target