English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Mixed legacy of the Obama years"
Topic 2 : "Incremental steps not enough"
- Legacy - something that is a part of your history
- Defending - to protect something against attack or criticism
- Laying out - to plan in detail
- Consistent - always behaving or happening in a similar way
- Liberal - respecting and allowing many different types of beliefs or behaviour
- Paradigm - a typical example or pattern of something
- Posed - presented
- Definitive - considered to be the best (not able to be changed or improved)
- Determine - to decide what will happen
- Prosperity - the state of being successful and having a lot of money
- Harnesses - control and make use of something
- Quagmire - a difficult and dangerous situation
- Foster - encourage the development of something
- In the face of something - despite having to deal with a difficult situation or problem
- Rancour - a feeling of hate and continuing anger about something in the past
- Suspicion - a feeling that something may be true
- Navigated - directed (controlled)
- Domestic - existing or occurring inside a particular country
- Revival - an improvement in the condition
- Sustainable - able to continue over a period of time
- Patchy - sometimes good and sometimes bad
- Stasis - a state that does not change
- Conflict - a serious disagreement or argument
- Unequivocal - leaving no doubt
- Détente - an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other
- Stockpile - a large amount of stock that are kept ready for future use
- Brink - the edge of
- Revival - an improvement in the condition
- Isolation - the condition of being alone
- Embargo - an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
- Nod - approval
- Unilateralism - involving only one group or country
- Thrived - to grow / develop
- Take a back seat - to choose not to be in a position of responsibility in an organization or activity
- Legitimate - reasonable and acceptable
- Strategic - helping to achieve a plan
- Sound bites - a short sentence or phrase that is easy to remember
- Consequently - as a result
- Hair-trigger - the characteristic of becoming very angry very easily
- Proactive - controlling a situation rather than just responding to it after it has happened
- Aggressive - using forceful action to win or to achieve success
- Unravelling - make something known or understood
- Prospect - the possibility of being successful
- Festering - to become infected
- Embrace - to accept something enthusiastically
Topic 2 : "Incremental steps not enough"
- Acquisition - the process of getting something
- Procurement - the action of obtaining something
- Indigenous - naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place
- Stakeholders - group of people who own a share in a business
- Robust - strong
- Imperative - extremely important or urgent
- Cutting-edge - highly advanced
- Transitioned - changed from one type to another
- Self-reliant - not needing help or support from other people
- Ambition - goal / target
- Flagging - becoming weaker
- Impediment - anything that slows or blocks progress
- Monopoly - a situation where an organization or group has complete control of something
- Workhorse - something that operates without failing for long periods
- Vendors - sellers
- Crept - came slowly without being noticed
- Upfront - in advance
- Reimbursement - repayment for money you've already spent
- Radical - most important
- Reform - make changes in something inorder to improve it
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