Vocabulary

• move beyond: To go past or exceed a limit, boundary, or set of expectations.
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• unprecedented: Not having happened before, or to such a degree
• force: Group of persons trained for military action; army
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• military: Army or armed forces
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• currency: Widespread acceptance
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• inflation: Act of filling something with air or gas
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• manner: The way a person acts, talks, or behaves
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• informal: Casual; relaxed
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• impose: To make someone to do or endure something
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• fully: Completely or entirely
• economic: Concerning trade, industry, and money
• defend: To protect and explain your position in court
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• cave: Large hole in the side of a cliff or hill
• great: Very good; better than before
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• prepare: To make something ready for use
• secretary: Office worker who makes appointments, etc.
• strait: Channel joining large bodies of water
• translate: To change something into a different state
• subsidize: To aid, assist, or help pay a cost or price
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• seismic: Of earthquakes
• gasoline: Liquid we put in cars to make them run
• warfare: Methods used by those fighting in a war
• leadership: Quality of being able to guide or influence others
• digit: Person's finger or toe
• memorandum: Brief note or message left for another person