Ripped from the headlines! See full New York Times stories here: Romney Wins by Wide Margin in Illinois Contest , A Florida Law Gets Scrutiny After a Teenager?s Killing , and Comics Are Now Selling...
unassailable,
belittle,
arcane,
imminent,
convene,
harassment,
rarefied,
persona,
afford,
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From Public Rebuke of Culture at Goldman Opens Debate , Women Figure Anew in Senate?s Latest Battle , and With Arms for Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role .
mentality,
amplify,
bolster,
grievous,
brace,
palatable,
dubious,
insurgent,
presumably,
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From Intractable Afghan Graft Hampering U.S. Strategy , Obama Mines for Voters With High-Tech Tools , and Women in Texas Losing Options for Health Care in Abortion Fight , appearing the front page...
intractable,
intransigence,
emulate,
sporadic,
embody,
stymie,
maneuver,
hamper,
exemplify,
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To celebrate International Women's Day, an excerpt on feminism from the Dictionary of Critical Theory, edited by Ian Buchanan.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/page/womensday
feminism,
social movement,
feminist,
reignite,
marital status,
false belief,
Simone de Beauvoir,
Betty Friedan,
Mary Wollstonecraft,
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Words from the New York Times Topics page on the Egyptian protests.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html
embattled,
protester,
steamroll,
Hosni Mubarak,
Anwar el-Sadat,
firebomb,
low profile,
police academy,
Egypt,
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Good words to know for understanding the U.S. electoral system.
absentee ballot,
bipartisan,
campaign,
candidate,
caucus,
citizen,
closed primary,
congressional district,
constituency,
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Officials reported progress on relief well, but tempered any optimism that the spill could be plugged before August....
stop,
challenge,
reject,
ban,
scrap,
lawsuit,
suspension,
irreparable,
harm,
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Vocabulary from Apollo 11. List created with VocabGrabber:
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/
Text from:
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/overview/
moonwalk,
lunar module,
Apollo program,
translunar,
Neil Armstrong,
command module,
approach path,
orbiter,
land site,
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