English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Jaw-jaw at the General Assembly"
Topic 2 : "Raiders of hidden arks"
- Jaw-jaw - talking, especially lengthy and pointless discussion
- Possibly - used when something is not certain
- Castigation - to criticize someone or something seriously
- Asserted - to speak or behave in a strong, confident way
- Proxies - people authorized to act on behalf of another
- Toxic - harmful
- Accused - to say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
- Hypocritical - saying that you have particular moral beliefs but behaving in a way that shows these are not sincere
- Sermon - a long talk in which someone advises other people how they should behave in order to be better people
- Proliferation - to increase a lot and suddenly in number
- Deception - the act of hiding the truth, especially to get an advantage
- Deceit - dishonest behaviour that is intended to trick someone
- Hardly - used for saying that something is almost not true or almost does not happen at all
- Championing - to publicly support or defend a set of beliefs, political aims, or a group of people
- Intifada - a violent act of oppostion by the Palestinian people to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- Sponsor - to support a person, organization, or activity by giving money, encouragement, or other help
- Inaccuracy - a statement, detail, or measurement that is not accurate
- Including - used for mentioning that someone or something is part of a particular group or amount
- Plebiscite - a vote by everyone in a country about a very important issue
- Annals - the official records of an organization, arranged according to their date
- Troops - soldiers
- Vacate - to leave a place
- Territory - an area of land controlled by a particular country, leader, or army
- Contention - an opinion or statement that something is true, especially one made during a discussion or argument
- Principal - main
- Victim - someone who has been harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
- Sympathetic - supporting a plan, action, or person
- Affirmation - an action of support or approval
- Compounded - to make a problem or difficult situation worse
- Allegedly - if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
- Devote - to spend a lot of time or effort doing something
- Bilaterally - involving two groups / countries
- Rhetoric - speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people
- Elicited - to make someone react in the way that you want
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Retort - to reply immediately in an angry or humorous way to something that someone has said
- Echoed - repeated
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Diplomats - officials whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country
- High-pitched - higher than usual
- Keep its powder dry - remain cautious and ready for a possible emergency
- Sober - serious and calm
- Lapse - a short or temporary period when you fail or forget to do something in the right way
- Avert - to prevent something bad or harmful from happening
Topic 2 : "Raiders of hidden arks"
- Raiders - someone who attacks a place using force
- Ark - a box containing treasure
- Ancient - very old
- Sculptures - statues (stone, metal, or wood)
- Milestone - great achievement
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Waged - paid regularly for work
- Repossess - to take back something
- Smuggler - someone who secretly and illegally takes goods or people into or out of a country, especially as a way of earning money
- Provenance - the place where something first came from
- Artefacts - an object that was made a long time ago and is historically important
- Evidently - to say that something is easily seen or understood
- Sandstone - a type of pale yellow stone, made from sand that has become hard over many years
- Prosecution - the process or act of accusing someone of a crime and asking a court of law to judge them
- Isolated - to separate something from other things
- Instances - examples
- Formally - officially
- Trove - a store of valuable things
- Unearthed - to find something that is buried in the ground
- Emerges - comes out
- Heritage - the art, buildings, traditions, and beliefs that a society considers important to its history and culture
- Insight - a chance to understand something or learn more about it
- Antiquity - an object or building that existed in ancient times and still exists
- Questionable - not certain, or wrong in some way
- Credentials - documents that prove who you are or that show your qualifications or status
- Underscore - to highlight something
- Repository - a place where large quantities of things are stored or kept safe
- Unimpeachable - impossible to doubt or criticize
- Forensic - relating to the use of scientific methods to solve crimes and to find out who committed them
- Provenance - a list of the people who have owned a work of art, used for proving that it was really made by the artist that people claim it was made by
- Prohibition - a law or rule that stops people from doing something
- Providentially - happening exactly when needed but without being planned
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