English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "From dissent to disapproval"
Topic 2 : "Promise versus performance"
- Dissent - strong disagreement
- Disapproval - the feeling of having a negative opinion of someone or something
- Principled - always behaving in an honest and moral way
- Reform - to make changes in something, in order to improve it
- Struck down - if a judge or court struck down a law, they officially end it
- Enacted - to make a proposal into a law
- Collegium - an advisory board
- Opted to - to make a choice
- Keep something out - to not go in a place, or to stop someone or something from going into a place
- Proceedings - legal action
- Transparency - the quality of being done in an open way without secrets
- Consistent - always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way
- Elaborately - in detailed manner
- Ills - problems
- Primacy - more powerful or important than anything else
- Preserve - to keep something as it is, especially in order to prevent it from decaying or being damaged or destroyed
- Missive - an official long letter
- Fraught - very worried and with a lot of problems
- Consequence - a result or effect of something
- Significant - very important
- Alterations - changes
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Prospects - the possibility that something will happen, especially something good
- Boycott - to not take part in an event
- Undoubtedly - used for saying that something is surely true or is accepted by everyone
- Irrespective - not taking (something) into account
- Reservations - a feeling of doubt about whether something is good or right
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Reluctant - not willing to do something
- Clause - a part of a legal document or law that officially states that something must be done
- Opacity - the quality that makes something such as a statement or problem difficult to understand
- Revision - the process of changing, improving, or making additions to something such as a plan, law, or piece of writing
- Kept under wraps - to hide something
- Debate - a discussion in which people or groups state different opinions about a subject
- Firming something up - to make something more certain or less likely to change
- Infusion - the act of adding one thing to another to make it stronger or better
Topic 2 : "Promise versus performance"
- Versus - used to compare two things in order to show that they are different or that one is better than the other
- Far from - used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mention
- Live up to - to be as good as what was expected or promised
- Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- System - rules that decide how a society, country, or organization should operate and that cannot be changed even though they seem unfair to you
- Maverick - an independent person who has ideas and behaviour that are very different from other people’s
- Transparency - the quality of being done in an open way without secrets
- Accountability - a situation in which people know who is responsible for something and can ask them to explain its state or quality
- Plot - a secret plan to do something bad
- Unwilling - if you are unwilling to do something, you do not want to do it or you refuse to do it
- Regional - relating to a particular area
- Emerge - to become known
- Sacked - removed from his job
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Bribery - the crime of giving / taking money illegally
- Pushover - an opponent who is easy to defeat
- Stepping stone - an event that helps you achieve something else
- To take on - to fight or compete against someone
- Frequent - happening often
- Barbs - a remark that is funny but unkind
- On the wrong side of the law - doing illegal things
- Defend - to protect someon against attack or criticism
- Alleging - saying that something is true, even though this has not been proved
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not sure about something
- Prominent - very well known and important
- Purview - the limit of someone's responsibility, interest, or activity
- Controversy - a lot of disagreement or argument about something
- High moral ground - morally better than someone else
- Evidently - in a way that is easily seen or understood
- Set sights high - to decide to achieve something
- Catalyst - someone / something that causes great change
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