Words of the week.

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Date: 06/01/2016
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Barack Obama began his presidency with an impassioned plea for a world without nuclear weapons. This week, in his last year in office, he was to become the first American president to visit Hiroshima, site of one of only two nuclear attacks. Mr Obama has made progress on nuclear-arms reduction and non-proliferation.

impassioned - adj filled with great emotion

Ex: She made an impassioned plea for help.

plea - n appeal, request, call, petition

Ex: He made a dramatic plea for disarmament.


non-proliferation - n non-rapid spread (firearms)\

Ex: This will be the most important conference in our life on disarmament and non-proliferation.



Date: 06/02/2016
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He signed a strategic-arms-control treaty (New START) with Russia in 2010. A series of nuclear-security summits helped stop fissile material getting into the wrong hands. Most important, he secured a deal in July to curtail and then constrain Iran's nuclear programme for at least the next 10-15 years.


treaty - n agreement between countries.

summits - n meeting between heads of government

fissile - adj (chiefly of rock) easily split / (of atom or element) able to undergo nuclear fission

Ex: fissile wood

chiefly - adv mostly, mainly

curtail - reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on
Ex: we try to curtail our spending.

[To be continued]