Vocabulary

• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in the west: Located in or towards the west.
• at stake: At risk; that can be lost if something is not successful
• at least: As a minimum
• get a hold: To make contact with someone
• in plain sight: Easily visible; not hidden.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• look the other way: To deliberately ignore something wrong or bad that happens.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on purpose: Intentionally; deliberately.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• break out
• next to: Being located along side another
• between ourselves: Said when sharing something confidentially or privately.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• devastating: To cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
• crisis: Unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• urge: A strong desire for something
• intelligence: Collection of secret information about something
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• opinion: Court judge's statement why a decision was made
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• stake: Share/interest in the success of a business, etc.
• conduct: Your behavior
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• brutal: Extremely violent or mean
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• fierce: Very strong, wild or violent
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• objective: Being real, rather than simply being an idea
• interest: Best or most advantageous thing for someone
• minority: Group that is smaller and different from the rest
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
• diplomatic: Concerning formal relationships between countries
• violence: Strong physical force of nature
• activity: An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• escalate: To increase in size, intensity, or scope
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• coalition: Union of separate political parties
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• point: An item to be discussed
• fist: Tightly closed hand, as when you punch someone
• mount: To attach something to something else
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• arm: To activate a weapon or bomb for use
• law: Field of study that relates to the legal profession
• plan: Drawing of how something should be done or made
• trumpet: Brass wind instrument with a flared bell
• calamity: An event that causes great harm or distress
• thereof: Concerning that or it
• provocation: Causing anger or resentment, often deliberately
• annexation: Incorporation of land from a country
• shin: Front part of the lower leg, beneath the knee