Vocabulary

• ward off: To avert, deflect, or repel (something dangerous or undesirable).
• take over: To gain control of (a company) from someone else
• part with: To give something away; relinquish possession of something.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• relevant: Having an effect on an issue; related or current
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• continent: Very large piece of land, e.g. Africa or Asia
• debt: Sum of money owed to someone that is not yet paid
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• secure: To get or achieve something with certainty
• detect: To discover or identify the presence of something
• drone: A remote controlled flying device
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• expose: To make visible, without covering or protection
• scramble: To cause war planes to take off quickly
• defense: Argument in support of something
• signal: To be evidence/an indication something will happen
• legislation: Act or process of writing and passing laws
• loan: To give money, etc. that must be paid back
• ongoing: Continuing to exist or be in progress
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• ammunition: Supply of bullets, etc. that are fired from guns
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• polish: Act of making something clean and shiny
• minister: An official who heads a government department
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• finance: Control of money a person, business has access to
• modern: Of the present time; up to date; contemporary
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• fail: To be unsuccessful in passing a class or exam
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• ward: Person's name
• rocket: Powerful engine that releases hot gases
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• cite: To officially order someone to appear in court
• expensive: Costing a lot of money
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• letter: One of the 26 parts of the English alphabet
• large: Big; of great size; broad, tall, wide, or fat
• flank: Middle area on the side of an animal
• tusk: Long curved pointed tooth, e.g. like an elephant
• unarmed: Not having or using arms or weapons
• airspace: Area in the sky controlled by a country
• changer: A person who changes something
• interceptor: Fighter plane designed to intercept enemy aircraft