Series 13+12

incommunicado

you are not allowed to talk to anyone outside the place where you are. adj

torturous

involving a lot of suffering or difficulty. adj

indignant

angry because of sth that is wrong or nor fair. adj

dispassionate

able to think clearly or make good decisions because of not being influenced by emotions. adj

coalition

A group formed of different organizations or people who agree to act together, usually temporarily, to achieve sth

refugee

protection or shelter from danger, trouble, unhappiness,...n

resilience

the quality of being able to return quickly to a previous good condition after problems. n

escalate

to become or make sth become greater or more serious. v

outage

a period when a service, such as electricity, is not available. n

repeal

to state officially that a law, no longer legal force. v

at expense of sth

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Congruence

the quality of being similar to or in agreement with something

Contend

to compete with sth, to say sth is true or a fact

remonstrance

a complaint to sb or about sth. n

perfidy

behaviour is not loyal. n

impenetrable

impossible to see through or go through. adj

sovereignty

the power of a country to control its own government. n

delineate

to describe

rationale

the reasons or intentions that cause a particular set of beliefs or actions. n

nationalism

a nation's wish and attempt to be politically independent. n

juxtaposition

the fact of putting things that are not similar next to each other

propaganda

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petition

A document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or other authority

facilitate

to make sth possible or easier. v

catalyst

sth makes a chemical reaction happen more quickly without itself being changed. n chất xúc tác

obscurity

the state of being not clear and difficult to understand or see. n

prevalence

the fact that sth is very common or happens often. n