Diplomacy

Charan R.
Diplomacy Vocabulary Word List
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  1. abroad
    to or in a foreign country
  2. accreditation
    the act of granting official approval or recognition
  3. achievement
    the action of accomplishing something
  4. action
    something done (usually as opposed to something said)
  5. adhere
    stick to firmly
  6. affect
    have an influence upon
  7. allegation
    a formal accusation against somebody
  8. alliance
    the state of being joined in an association or coalition
  9. ambassador
    a diplomat of the highest rank
  10. assignment
    an undertaking that you have been told to perform
  11. attached
    being joined in close association
  12. betray
    deliver to an enemy by treachery
  13. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  14. brink
    the edge of a steep place
  15. Chancellor
    the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
  16. chaotic
    completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
  17. collaboration
    act of working jointly
  18. confront
    oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  19. conspiracy
    a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act
  20. convert
    change the nature, purpose, or function of something
  21. corps
    an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions
  22. covert
    secret or hidden
  23. credentials
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
  24. crisis
    a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something
  25. envoy
    a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
  26. esprit
    liveliness of mind or spirit
  27. ethics
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  28. evaluate
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  29. expectation
    belief about the future
  30. foresight
    seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
  31. gracious
    characterized by kindness and warm courtesy
  32. grievance
    a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment
  33. hindsight
    understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
  34. humor
    a message that has the power to evoke laughter
  35. identification
    the act of designating something
  36. integrity
    an undivided or unbroken completeness with nothing wanting
  37. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  38. Job
    a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
  39. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  40. Justice
    the U.S. department responsible for enforcing federal laws
  41. obey
    comply with; do what one is told
  42. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  43. pawn
    leave as a guarantee in return for money
  44. personnel
    group of people willing to obey orders
  45. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  46. rank
    relative status
  47. sacrifice
    the act of killing in order to appease a deity
  48. Superior
    the largest freshwater lake in the world
  49. surveillance
    close observation of a person or group
  50. sustain
    lengthen or extend in duration or space
  51. tact
    consideration in dealing with others
  52. Transportation
    the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
  53. treaty
    a written agreement between two states or sovereigns
  54. Wisdom
    an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
  55. Wise
    United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)
  56. zeal
    a feeling of strong eagerness
Created on Mon Mar 19 03:28:48 EDT 2012

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