No.1-MUN History

Question 1

tactics

Answer 1

methods that you use in order to achieve something

(ex.) We are prepared to employ _________ of civil disobedience.

Question 2

dismantle

Answer 2

1. to gradually get rid of a system or an organization. 2. to take a machine or a piece of equipment apart so that it is in little pieces.
   (ex) I am talking about not just the WTO, IMF and the World Bank, but _________ the transnational corporation itself.

Question 3

casual

Answer 3

a relationsnhip between two or more events or situations, where one causes the other to happen.

(ex) If they don’t (stop this) the economic arm of globalization may be halted–like a century ago– and without any _________ connection.

Question 4

dictum

Answer 4

1. a formal statement of opinion by someone who is respected or has authority. 2. a short phrase that expresses a general rule or truth.
   (ex) To paraphrase an old _________, we are all globalized now.

Question 5

rail

Answer 5

(formal) to complain angrily about something, especially about something that you think is very unfair
(ex. ) In the 1960s and ’70s, Australia continually _________ against the United States and opposed what they called American hegemony.

Question 6

hegemony

Answer 6

(formal) a situation in which one state or a country controls others
(ex. ) In the 1960s and ’70s, Australia continually railed against the United States and opposed what they called American __________.

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Question 7

contingent (adj, n)

Answer 7

(formal) 1. (adj) dependent on something that is uncertain or that will happen in the future. 2. (noun) a group of people who all have the same aim or are from the same area, and who are part of a larger group.
(ex) It’s a change seeing a Wesley _________ demonstrating against the establishment and all that.

Question 8

Whitewash (v,n)

Answer 8

1. a report or an examination of events that hides the true facts about something so that the person who is responsible will not be punished 2. to hide true facts
   (ex) This is an unacknowledged reworking on the American communist John Reed’s ________ of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution entitled “The Ten Days That Shook the World” (1919.)

Question 9

unequivocal

Answer 9

completely clear without any possibility of doubt.

(ex) That’s why it has the _________ support of the Prime Minister, John Howard, and the Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks.

Question 10

lest

Answer 10

(formal) in order to make sure that something will happen
(ex) ALP frontbencher Martin Fergunson has advised young potential demonstrators to stay at school _______ they “became connon fodder in a false debate.

Question 11

cohesive

Answer 11

if there is a cohesion among people, ideas, etc, all parts of it are connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole.

(ex) In the early years, the Sovient Union and Eastern Europe formed the most _________ bloc, voting together against three-quarters of the resolutions passed.

Question 12

subsidiary (adj)

Answer 12

connected but less important, or controlled by another company, group, plan, event, etc.

(ex) The General Assembly is the organization’s hub, with a diverse agenda and the responsibility for coordinating and supervising _________ bodies but with power only to make recommendations to members, unlike the Security Council, which can make decisions on behalf of all members.

Question 13

prosperity

Answer 13

a condition of and having money and everything that is needed for a good life.

(ex) Trade has contributed to world growth and _________ over the past half-century, bringing better jobs and more resources for education, health, and other social spending.

Question 14

degredation

Answer 14

1. an experience that makes you feel ashamed or angry. 2. the process by which something changes to a worse condition.
   (ex) Since the UN’s founding in 1945, the scope of what is considered international has broadened with UN involvement in human rights, development, and environmental ________ .

Question 15

muster (v)

Answer 15

to find as much courage, support, etc. as you can in order to do something difficult

(ex) As membership in the UN changed with decolonization, the assembly’s agendas and voting patterns changed as well, so that by 1960 developing countries commanded a majority of votes; by 1963 they could _________ two-thirds majority.

Question 16

shrift

Answer 16

(archaic) to designate or oder for use, a remedy, treatment…
(ex) WIth the UN Secretariat forced by its most powerful members (and largest contributors) to downsize and streamline in the name of efficiency and improve management, the South has worried that is interests are getting shorter shrift (=less attention.)

Question 17

myriad

Answer 17

1. (literary adj.) too many to count. 2. (n) a very large number of something.
   (ex) Coordination has proven to be the most problematic since a myriad of activities lie outside Ecosoc’s jurisdiction.

” myriad fish in the ocean”

Question 18

lapse

Answer 18

1. a short time when someone is careless or forgetful. 2. a failure to do something that you should do, especially to behave correctly.
   (ex) The Secretariat has often been criticized for _________ in its nuetrality, duplication of tasks, and poor administrative practices.

Question 19

contentious

Answer 19

causing a lot of argument and disagreement between people

(ex) The ICJ has had 96 _________ cases brought before it between 1946 and 1998, and it has issued 60 judgments.

Question 20

expropriation

Answer 20

(formal) 1. to take away private property for public use. 2. to take something from someone illegally in order to use it.
(ex) THe ICJ has also ruled on the legality of nuclear tests, hostage taking, the right of asylum, use of force, and _________ of foreign property.

Question 21

proliferation

Answer 21

a rapid increase in the amount or number of something

(ex) The institutional problems of the UN (financing, administration, and politicization) can be linked to the _________ of issues the UN has to address and challenges they bring to the system.

Question 22

assess

Answer 22

1. to make a judgment about a person or a situation after thinking carefully about it. 2. to calculate the value or cost of something.
   (ex) Member contries are _________ according to a formula based on ability to pay.

Question 23

vocal

Answer 23

protesting or complaining strongly and loudly about something

(ex) The US has been particularly ________ about the UN’s administrative inefficiency.

Question 24

remuneration

Answer 24

(formal) the money that someone is paid for work
(ex) THe UN’s own Joint Inspection Unit published reports on UN personnel problems, including inadequacy of staff qualifications, excessive _________ , and rapid increase in staff costs.

Question 25

extraneous

Answer 25

not belonging to or directly connected with a particular subject or problem; irrelevant.

(ex) In the late 1960s and ’70s the US complained that _________ issues were being introduced in to the specialized agencies’ work that had little relationship to their basic tasks.