Vocabulary

• meet with: To have a meeting with someone in order to discuss something.
• to scale: In proportion; maintaining accurate relative dimensions.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• on earth: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise or anger.
• fire off: To say or ask questions quickly
• spot on: Exactly right; perfectly accurate.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• in the past: During a former period of time; previously.
• sharp as a tack: Very quick to notice, understand, or react.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• scale: Size, level, or amount when compared
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• military: Army or armed forces
• regime: A system of management; a form of government
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• praise: To express approval of something or someone
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• poke: To give a push, thrust, or jab
• bear: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
• annual: Happening once a year, or every year
• pivotal: Having a lot of importance
• moment: Very short or brief period of time
• alarm: Sound or light used for a warning or alert
• punch: Alcoholic drink made from wine and fruit, etc.
• sanction: Official support or approval
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• joint: Body parts where bones meet and can move together
• threaten: To cause something potential harm, or put at risk
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• decide: To make a choice or choose after thinking about it
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• negotiate: To have a formal discussion to reach an agreement
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• dictator: Ruler who decides everything, and enforces it
• vastly: To an exceedingly great extent or degree
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• barrage: Continued fire of weapons or verbal utterances
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• flex: To move a part of the body to stretch muscles
• live: To be alive
• meet: To provide something that is necessary
• ballistic: Of the science of movement of rockets and bullets
• gulf: Part of a sea partially surrounded by land
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• tack: Small, sharp nail, usually with a wide, flat head
• blockade: To block or impede the movement of people, objects