International Relations 2b Flashcards
Reading 2
daunting
making sb feel nervous and less confident about doing sth
devote
spending a lot of time or energy on sth
dominate
control or have a lot of influence over sb/sth, especially in unpleasant way
inhabit
to live in a particular place
intensively
in an extremely thorough way, with a lot of care
mediator
a person or an organization that tries to get agreement between people or groups who disagree with each other
mission
an important official job that a person or group of people is given to do, especially when they are sent to another area
mundane
not interesting or exciting
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nevigate
to find your position or the position of your ship, plane, car, ect. and the direction you need to go in, for example by using a map
orbit
a curved path followed by a planet or an objects as it moves around another plannet, star, moon, ect.
quarantine
a period of time when an animal or a person that has or may have a disease is kept away from others to prevent the disease from spreading
reassemble
to fit the parts of something together again after it has been taken apart