English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Russia’s tainted athletics"
Topic 2 : "Reaching out to the Valley"
- Tainted - spoiled
- Doping - the act of giving a person drugs in order to make them perform better in a competition
- Skeletons from the closet - an embarrassing secret about your past that you do not want anyone to know
- Tumbling out - to fall or drop out of something
- Embarrassing - nervous, worried, or uncomfortable
- Alleged - to say something without proof
- Elaborate - involving many carefully arranged parts
- Corroborated - confirmed
- Revelation - a surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others
- Deeply-rooted - strong, happening for so long abd it is difficult to change
- Track and field - group of sports in which people compete, including running, jumping, and throwing
- Overturn - to change a legal decision
- Overhauling - to completely change a system in order to make it work more effectively
- Left the door open - provided the possibility that something might happen
- Neutral - not supporting or helping either side in a disagreement / impartial
- Subsequent - following (coming after something in time)
- Arbitration - the process of solving an argument between people by helping them to agree to an acceptable solution.
- Final nail in the coffin - an event that causes the failure of something that had already started to fail
- Tainted - spoiled
- Collusion - to do something secretly with another person or group, in order to cheat others
- Pinnacle - the most successful point
- Credibility - the quality of being trusted and believed in
- Vast - of very great extent or quantity
- Contingent - a group of people from the same country, organization, etc who are part of a much larger group
- Geopolitics - political activity as influenced by the physical features of a country or area of the world
- Stench - a bad effect that follows an unpleasant event or situation and is noticeable for a long time
- Quadrennial - recurring every four years
- Extravaganza - a large, exciting, and expensive event or entertainment
- Transgression - an action that breaks a law or rule
- Disgraced - to be a very bad situation
- Instrumental - involved in an important way in making something happen
Topic 2 : "Reaching out to the Valley"
- Reaching out to - to offer help and support to someone
- Valley - an area of low land between hills or mountains
- Protest - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Caught by surprise - to happen unexpectedly
- Semblance - a situation or condition that is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for
- Tenuous - thin, weak, and easily broken
- Curfew - a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble
- Tactic - a planned way of doing something
- Disperse - if a crowd of people disperses, or if someone disperses it, the people separate and go in different directions
- Stone-pelters - people who throw stones repeatedly at others
- Chaired - to be the person in charge of a meeting, committee, or company
- Stakeholder - a person or company that has invested in a business and owns part of it
- Separatist - a member of a group of people who want to be independent
- Framework - a set of principles, ideas etc that you use when you are forming your decisions and judgments
- Regrettably - used for saying that you are sad or sorry about something
- Platitude - something that has been said so often that it is no longer interesting and shows a lack of imagination
- Hollow - empty inside
- Cliche - not interesting or exciting
- Worn-out - too old or damaged to use any longer
- Outrage - anger and annoyance
- Weariness - bored / tiredness (especially after working hard for a long time)
- Distress - a feeling that you have when you are very unhappy, worried, or upset
- Nudged - to move slowly and almost reach a higher point or level
- Certitude - the feeling of being certain about something
- Conscious - noticing that something exists or is happening and realizing that it is important
- Bargain - an agreement in which two people or groups each promise to do something
- Accession - the occasion on which someone formally takes a position of authority
- Rebuttal - a statement that says that something is not true
- Cautiously - carefully
- Emphasised - to give particular importance or attention to something
- Agony - great pain
- Touchstone - a standard that is used for testing or judging other things
- Forged - to develop a successful relationship
- Sidestepping - to avoid something difficult or unpleasant
- Allegiance - loyalty and support for a ruler, country, group, or belief
- Breakthrough - an achievement that comes after a lot of hard work
- Dissipated - spending too much time and money on physical pleasures that are not good for your health
- Asymmetric - the quality of being different or strange
- Devolution - the process of taking power from a central authority or government and giving it to smaller and more local regions
- Provinces - the parts of a country outside the capital city or the large cities
- Reflexively - without thinking
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