The New American Century

vocabulary revision


WARNING many lists are of dubious usefulness. Vocabulary should be learnt in context. What follows is just a quick revision list and is no substitute for careful dictionary work and your own notetaking.

Match the key words with their definitions:


1. agitation
2. mannequin
3. affiliation
4. contentious
5. (political) agenda
6. lucrative
7. ostensibly
8. draft
9. to spark
10. sentiment
11. might
a. connection, link
b. disturbance, protest
c. controversial
d. profitable
e. shop-window dummy
f. write
g. apparently but not really
h. power
j. to set light, ignite
k. feeling
l. set of priorities



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