Vocabulary

• new level: A higher or improved stage of achievement or quality.
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• stack up: To compare with something else; measure up.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• on hand: Present and available; in attendance.
• plant: Factory or a place where things are made
• party: Social event often with food, drinks and dancing
• cake: To cover with a thing that becomes hard when dried
• year: Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
• latest: Being the most recent or newest
• stop: To block or close something
• floor: Large area used for a particular purpose
• wake: To cause to become more energetic or attentive
• leave: To go away from; depart
• finish: To use or consume all of something
• morning: Early part of the day before 12 p.m
• room: All of the people inside a particular room
• water: Clear liquid that forms the seas, rivers and rain
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• big: Popular
• return: To hit something back to the other player or team
• tied: To attach things (together) with a string or rope
• pointing: To face a certain direction, e.g. north
• heat: State of anger, excitement, or arguing
• fourth: 4th
• shut: To stop being open for business
• bill: Plan for a new law being discussed by a government
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• level: Specific height of something
• top: To be higher or larger than a specific value
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• power: Legal or official right to perform certain actions
• battle: Military fight between armies
• political: Being active or interested in government matters
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• exchange: Sharing/directing a look, etc. at someone else
• peaceful: In a calm and quiet state
• trading: To buy, sell and exchange goods in business
• scream: To make a sudden loud, high sound
• solve: To figure out a way to handle a difficult problem
• tax: To require a lot of physical or mental effort
• female: Person of the sex that gives birth to babies
• powerful: Having control or influence over
• nuclear: Concerning or involving the center of an atom
• parliament: Elected officials who govern a country (in the UK)
• construction: Act of building something; thing that is built
• parliamentary: Related to, or suitable for, a parliament
• debate: General public discussion of a topic
• hammer: To bring severe damage, harm, or blame upon
• descend: To go down; to move from a higher to a lower place
• earthquake: Heavy shaking of the ground due to natural forces
• disaster: State of extreme ruin and misfortune
• chaos: State of utter confusion or disorder
• opposed: To fight against someone in a contest or game
• safety: Device on a gun to prevent accidental shooting
• majority: Amount that is more than half of a group
• highly: In a manner that shows approval
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• dispute: To argue with someone about something
• contentious: Tending to create argument or division
• grappling: Act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
• rotten: Gone bad; broken into pieces through dying
• signify: To mean something; be a symbol of something
• meltdown: Very large disaster, where everything goes wrong
• tsunami: Huge sea wave often caused by an earthquake
• notorious: Being famous or publicly known for something bad
• chamber: Enclosed space that contains something
• radioactive: Emitting harmful energy from nuclear activity
• favor: Support or approval from people