| A | B |
|---|
| decorated | to confer distinction upon by a badge, a medal of honor |
| maverick | a person pursuing rebellious, even potentially disruptive, policies or ideas |
| mainstream | the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend |
| underdog | a person who is expected to lose in a contest or conflict |
| bonafide | authentic; true |
| adversarial | a person, group, that is an opponent in a contest |
| refugee | a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war |
| outsourced | to contract out (jobs, services, etc.) |
| domestically | indigenous to or produced or made within one's own country; not foreign; native |
| incentivizing | to give incentives to |
| tariffs | the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports |
| pinpointing | to locate or describe exactly or precisely |
| retaliated | to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like |
| objective | not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice |
| dementia | severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain |
| grappled | to try to overcome or deal |
| speculative | theoretical, rather than practical |
| declassified | to remove the classification from documents or information that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality |
