Vocabulary

• care for: To want or desire a thing
• stand with: To support or defend someone or something.
• above all: Most importantly; more than anything else.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• without regard to: Paying no attention or consideration to; irrespective of.
• jump to conclusions: To form an opinion or make a judgment about something before having all the necessary information.
• get to the bottom of: To find the true cause or explanation of something.
• pull together: To work hard and cooperate with other people in order to achieve something
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• care of: Used in an address to indicate the person who will receive the mail for someone else.
• be with: To accompany someone; to be in someone's presence.
• single step: A solitary action or measure.
• tough: (Of food) difficult to chew or bite through
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• confident: Feeling that you can do well at something
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• competition: Fighting against others to win something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• anticipate: To expect or look ahead to something positively
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• spirit: Person's strong determination or attitude
• federal: Consisting of several united states
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• fellow: Man or a boy
• independent: Making your own decisions; acting by yourself
• respond: To answer something or someone
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• investigate: To try to find out facts; to carry out research
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• proud: Very good; worthy of making one pleased
• investigation: Search for information about something
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• unfold: (Of a situation) to be told or revealed
• behalf: As a representative of someone or a group.
• salute: Raising your hand to your head to show respect
• government: Group of people and system that rule a nation
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• marathon: Lasting for a long time
• mistake: Something done wrong/calculated wrong; error
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• pull: Act of breathing in smoke, as from a pipe
• deep: Complex and important
• fiercely: In an emotionally violent manner
• mayor: Head of a town or city government
• counsel: To listen and give expert advice to someone
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• senseless: Stupid; not showing the use of reason
• reiterate: To say something again for further emphasis
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• gravely: In a serious and solemn manner
• homeland: Country where you were born