uprising – n. a usually violent effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country; rebellion

progress – v. to improve or develop over a period of time (pronounced pro-GRESS)

progress – n. the process of improving or developing something over a period of time (pronounced PRAW-gress)

logistics – n. the things that must be done to plan and organize a complicated activity or event that involves many people

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