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English Vocabulary
| Term | Definition | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Predecessor (Precede) | a thing that has been followed or replaced by another | |
| Contravention | opposing sth | hints at other deadlier contraventions within the now complex supply chains |
| Exacerbate | proliferate | |
| Hark | (...back to)mention or remember sth from the past | This harks back to the same root problem |
| Nadir | The lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation | food industry is again at nadir |
| Fizzled out | Peter out | hopes fizzled out |
| Crackdown | (... on)a series of severe measures to restrict undesirable or illegal people or behaviour | crackdown on car crime |
| Anointed | choose formally | |
| Dissent | refusal to accept | |
| Repressed | subdue someone or sth by force | the uprisings were repressed |
| Mandate | an official order or commission to do sth | |
| Chasm | a profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc | widening chasm between the government and the people |
| Ailing | declining | |
| Proclamation | a clear declaration of sth | proclamations of modernisation and freedom are ubiquitous |
| Ubiquitous | seen everywhere; common | |
| Purported | appear to be or do sth, especially falsely | |
| Brunt | (bear the...) bear the worst consequences | |
| Plummet | fall or drop straight down at high speeds | |
| Beleaguer | put in a very difficult situation | |
| Philistine | a person who is hostile and indifferent to culture and arts | |
| Cement | settle or establish firmly | cements the fact that... |
| Untenable | (especially of a point of view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection | untenable task of sifting out terror in our modern world |
| Covert | surreptitious; clandestine; furtive | |
| Orchestrate | to produce a desired outcome, esp clandestinely | |
| Surreptitious | covert | |
| Impunity | exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action | individuals to act with impunity |
| Blatant | (of a bad behaviour) done openly and unshamely | blatant lack of transparency |
| Alienate | make someone feel isolated | alienating them to extremes even more |
| Perpetrate | to carry out a crime | |
| Calamity | an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; disaster | |
| Imminent | approaching very soon | |
| Pervasive | widespread | |
| Remuneration | money paid for work or service | |
| Monolith | a large corporate(public/private) that is slow to change | |
| Convene | assemble | convene an alliance |
| Rejuvenate | make sth look better or younger | |
| Oligopoly | a market condition where there are very few sellers such that any action of either one will have a great impact on the society | |
| Integral | (...to)pivotal; imperative; of paramount importance | |
| Nub | (the...)the central point of a matter | |
| Ambivalence | mixed feelings | |
| Stalemate | ||
| Hamstring | severely restrict | Obama hamstrung by domestic politics |
| Provision | ||
| Impasse | ||
| Polarise | ||
| Confound | ||
| Convoluted | ||
| Partisan | ||
| Narcissism | ||
| Pathological | ||
| Sartorial | ||
| Xenophobic | ||
| Downtrodden | ||
| Grim | ||
| Contigency | ||
| Lapse | ||
| Reign | ||
| Destitute | ||
| Palpable | ||
| Morph | ||
| Vaunt | ||
| Goodwill | establish reputation of a corporation | earn consumer goodwill |
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