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Incommunicado (adj)

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

Ex1. Their friend Andrea Salsedo was arrested by Paint's "heroes". tortured. held incommunicado for 11 weeks. and thrown from the eleventh story of the Department of Justice office in New York City to his death.

Ex2. They said. however, that they could not allow him to see a lawyer or speak to anyone as he was being held incommunicado.

Torturous (adj)

Involving a lot of suffering or difficulty.

Ex. What happened after that, though it lasted seven and torturous years, is fairly familiar to the American people.

Indignant (adj)

Angry because of something that is wrong or not fair.

Ex. She wrote an indignant letter to the paper complaining about the council's action.

Dispassionate (adj)

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

Ex. The dispassionate and sympathetic analysis of the past must in our submission be an indispensable part of our work.

Prejudice (n)

An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge.

Ex. He claims that prejudice against homosexuals would cease overnight if all the gay stars in the country were honest about their sexuality.

Coalition (n)

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

Ex. However, the projections leave open who will become Berlin's next mayor as several different coalition options are possible.

Refuge (n)

Protection or shelter from danger, trouble, unhappiness....

Ex1. Imagine tagging birds at a national wildlife refuge. conducting wildlife surveys, and to restore fragile habitats.

Ex2. The eastern, southern, and western pans of the island should not be visited and should serve as refuge areas.

Pursue (v)

1. To follow someone or something, usually to try to catch him, her, or it.

Ex. He was killed by the driver of a stolen car who was being hotly pursued by the police.

2. If you pursue a plan, activity, or situation, you try to do it or achieve it, usually over a long period of time.

Ex. We need to decide soon what marketing strategy we should pursue for these new products.

Resilience (n)

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

Ex. Developing a secure smart grid will also increase the resiliency and reliability of our electricity infrastructure.

Escalate (v)

To become or make something become greater or more serious.

Ex. You might need to escalate the issue to the next highest level management team.

Outage (n)

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

Ex. Network and information systems must have effective protection against any kind of intrusion and outages, including attacks carried out by people.

Repeal (v)

To state officially that a law, rule, etc. no longer has legal force. Ex. They want to make sure their cash flow will be unaffected before they decide to back a repeal.