News vocab

Question 1

Sense

Answer 1

A feeling that something is the case.

Question 2

Strip

Answer 2

A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it.

Question 3

Narrow

Answer 3

Limited in extend, amount, or scope; restricted

Question 4

Unfold

Answer 4

(of information or a sequence of events) be revealed or disclosed.

Question 5

Cramm in

Answer 5

To fit a lot of people or things into a small space, or to do many things in a short amount of time.

Question 6

Run

Answer 6

Be in charge of; manage

Question 7

On and off

Answer 7

Intermittently.

Question 8

Exchange

Answer 8

An act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same type or value) in return.

Question 9

toll

Answer 9

The number of deaths, casualties, or injuries arising from particular circumstances, such as a natural disaster, conflict, or accident.

Question 10

Casualty

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A person killed or injured in a war or accident

Question 11

Arise

Answer 11

Occur as a result of

Question 12

Huge

Answer 12

Extremely large: enormous

Question 13

Time around

Answer 13

A time in the past or a time when something happens regularly

Question 14

Unprecedented

Answer 14

Never done or known before

Question 15

Overrun

Answer 15

to invade and occupy or ravage

Question 16

Ravage

Answer 16

Cause severe and extensive damage to

Question 17

Sorrounding

Answer 17

All around a particular place or thing

Question 18

Elderly

Answer 18

Old or aging / Showing signs of age

Question 19

Fence

Answer 19

A barrier, railing, or other upright structure, typically of wood or wire, enclosing an area of ground to make a boundary, control acces or prevent escape.

Question 20

Boundary

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A line that marks the limits of an area; a diving line.

Question 21

Raise

Answer 21

Increase the amount, level, or strenght of.

Question 22

Capability

Answer 22

Forces or resources that give a country th eability to undertake a particular kinf of military action

Question 23

Undertake

Answer 23

Commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsability)

Question 24

Vow

Answer 24

Solemnly promise to do a specific thing

Question 25

Wipe out

Answer 25

Eliminate something completely

Question 26

Mosque

Answer 26

A Muslim place of worship

Question 27

Worship

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The feeling or expression of reverence and adoration for a deity

Question 28

Siege

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A military operation in which enemy forces sorround a town or a building, cutting off the esential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside.

Question 29

Compel

Answer 29

Force or obligue (someone) to do something.

Question 30

Amount

Answer 30

Be the equivalent of

Question 31

Reservist

Answer 31

Soldiers that are not serving in the regular army of a country, but who can be called to serve whenever they are needed.

Question 32

Buildup

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A graduall accumulation or increase, typically of something negative and typically leading to a problem or crisis.

Question 33

Increase

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Become or make greater in size, amount, intensity or degree.

Question 34

Clue

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A piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime or solving of a mistery

Question 35

Flood

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Arrive in overwhelming amounts or quantities

Question 36

Settler

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A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area

Question 37

Storm

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(Of troops) suddenly atack and capture (a building or other place) by means of force.

Question 38

Compound

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A thing that is composed of two or more separate elements; a mixture

Question 39

Flashpoint

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A place, event, or time at which trouble, such as violence or anger, flares up.

Question 40

Desecrate

Answer 40

Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate.

Question 41

Relentless

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Oppresively constant; incessant

Question 42

Towards

Answer 42

In the direction of

Question 43

Accountability

Answer 43

The fact or condition of being accountable; responsability.

Question 44

Rather than

Answer 44

When you prefer one thing to another

Question 45

Resort

Answer 45

Turn to and adopt (a strategy or course of action, especially a disagreeable or undessirable one) so as to resolve a dificult situation.

Question 46

Undesirable

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Not wanted or diserable beccause harmful, objectionable, or unpleasant.

Question 47

Objectionable

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Arousing distaste or opposition; unpleasant or offensive.

Question 48

Draw

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Pull or drag (something such as a vehicle) so as to make it follow behind.

Question 49

Deceiving

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To persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage.

Question 50

Lead

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Be a route or means of acces to a particular place or in a particular direction

Question 51

Involved

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(of situation or event) include (something) as necessary part or result.

Question 52

Underlying

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Lying or situated under something

Question 53

Although

Answer 53

Aunque

Question 54

Outrage

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An extremely strong reaction of anger, shock or indignation

Question 55

Orchestrate

Answer 55

Arrage or direct the elements of (a situation) to produce a desired effect, especially surreptisiously.

Question 56

Surreptisiously

Answer 56

In a way that attemps to avoid notice or attention, secretively