Vocabulary

• ever since: Continuously from a past time until now.
• under control: Being managed or restrained; not out of hand.
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• massive: Very big; large; too big
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• fancy: To want to have or do something; feel like
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• reluctant: Experiencing or expressing unwillingness to do
• method: (Organized and planned) way of doing something
• cozy: Comfortable, warm, pleasant, and often, small
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• military: Army or armed forces
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• tactic: One of the ways you attempt to achieve a strategy
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• posture: Attitude someone adopts regarding a subject
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• isolation: Condition of being in a distinct, separate place
• deter: To stop people doing a thing; stop from happening
• exhibit: Object put on public display, e.g. in a gallery
• aim: Act of pointing something at a target
• criticize: To assess the work of others
• goal: Something you try to do or achieve; an aim
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• hack: To illegally access someone else's computer
• excel: To perform an activity better than others
• seize: To take a place with force, as by military action
• invade: To enter something causing a harmful result
• provocative: Causing anger/sexual interest, e.g. deliberately
• citizen: Person who belongs to and has rights in a country
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• troll: Ugly dwarf in fairy tales, e.g. with long hair
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• hide: To go to, or put a thing where it can't be found
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• nation: Area or region controlled by a government and army
• innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
• area: Amount of measured space
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• country: An area of land that is controlled by a government
• wield: To exercise (authority or influence, for example)
• back: Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
• international: Of or relating to several countries
• outcry: Show of anger or unhappiness by many people
• strong: (Of tea or beer) dark or thick
• doorstep: Wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway
• soviet: Elected government council in a communist country
• western: Movies often about cowboys in the American West
• stoke: To add fuel or tend a fire to make it stronger
• gloss: To summarize very briefly; skip over
• destabilize: To make unstable or unpredictable
• indict: To accuse someone of doing something wrong