English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Alert, fair, transparent"
- Detention - the punishment of being kept in jail
- Alleged - doubtful or suspect
- Stark - extreme
- Heightened - make (something) higher
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something illegal
- Domestic - relating to a person's own country
- Lurking - move in a secret way so that you cannot be seen
- Next-door - very close
- Lone wolf attacks - attacks of a singler person
- IS Sympathisers - people who support IS
- Modules - parts
- Attendant - a person who is present on a particular occasion
- Excess - an amount of something that is more than necessary
- Painstaking - to take a lot of care or made a lot of effort
- Diligence - careful and using a lot of effort
- Fair Trial - protecting innocent against injustice
- Perception - the quality of being aware of things
- Posture - a way in which a government or other organization thinks about and/or deals with a particular matter
- Swiftly - quickly
- Aggrieved - unhappy and angry because of unfair treatment
- Harbouring - sheltering
- Perceived - to come to an opinion about something
- Grievance - complaint
- Inflicted - forced someone to experience something very unpleasant
- Distinct - clearly noticeable
- Grave threat - serious risk / danger
- Posed - caused
Topic 2 : "Sobering reflection from Davos"
- Sobering - making you feel serious or think about serious matters
- Turbulence - disturbance
- Testimony - evidence or proof of something
- Extent - the area covered by something
- Integrated - to join / mix with
- Concern - a matter of interest or importance to someone
- Perceive - to come to an opinion about something
- Opacity - being difficult to understand or unclear
- Indebtedness - owing money to someone
- Perhaps - we use this word to show that you are not sure about something
- Exhortation - to strongly encourage someone to do something
- Certainty - something that cannot be doubted
- Posits - a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true
- Emerging - starting to exist
- Peers - people of same social position / abilities
- Roil - to cause something to stop working in the usual or expected way
- Hardest hit - badly affected
- Domino effect - the situation in which something, usually something bad, happens, causing other similar events to happen
- Retard - delay the progress or development
- Credence - truthfulness / believability
- Assertions - a statement that you strongly believe is true
- Engender - to make something happen
- Hazard - a danger or risk
- Volatility - likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly
- Notwithstanding - in spite of something
- Running out of something - lack of something (you don't have enough of something)
- Ammunition - a supply or quantity of bullets and bombs
- Monetary - relating to money or currency
- Easing - move carefully
- Efficacy - the ability to produce a desired result
- Admonition - serious advice (warning)
- Elite - the richest / most powerful group in a society
- Anticipate - to imagine or expect that something will happen
- Rhetoric - speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people
- Stances - a way of thinking about something
- Burgeoning - begin to grow or increase rapidly
- Discontent - dissatisfaction
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