Vocabulary

• deal to: To give or inflict something, often harm or punishment.
• as it stands: In the present condition or situation.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• in good time: By the required time; with time to spare
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• move closer: To reduce the distance between two objects or people.
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• out of time: Having no more time available to do something.
• such as: For example; like
• negotiate with: To discuss something formally in order to make an agreement.
• in turn: One after the other in a sequence or rotation.
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• guarantee: To promise to repair a broken product
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strike: To hit something
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• prime: To get a person ready for; prepare someone
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• leverage: An advantage which gives you influence or power
• military: Army or armed forces
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• attractive: Making you like them, as by being good-looking
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• stock: Animals such as cattle kept for breeding
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• subject: The person, thing, or idea that is being discussed, described, or studied.
• favor: Support or approval from people
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• respond: To answer something or someone
• agency: Business that provides some service for others
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• explicitly: Clearly; specifically
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• mitigate: To make less severe or serious
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• imminent: Happening soon; about to happen
• supreme: Greatest in degree/nature/quality; absolute best
• erode: To destroy something gradually; be destroyed thus
• revolutionary: Marking a significant change in something
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• act: To behave in a certain way
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• anniversary: Date occuring every year of a past event, wedding
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• proliferation: Sudden and fast increase in something
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• commander: Person with authority who commands or controls
• unity: Being in full agreement; being joined together
• atomic: Concerning atoms
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• bomb: To attack with explosives