NPR Flashcards
convene
to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
South Korea and Japan’s leadership immediately convened emergency meetings in response
in response
それに応じて［答えて］◆文頭に来る場合に前文を受けて
South Korea and Japan’s leadership immediately convened emergency meetings in response
Seoul
[sóul]ソウル
detonate
[détənèit]to explode with suddenness and violence.
It was artificial and likely caused by a bomb detonating underground.
notoriously
widely and unfavorably known:
Analyses of yield in North Korea are notoriously difficult.
mountainous terrain
abounding in mountains
Analyses of yield in North Korea are notoriously difficult, given the country’s mountainous terrain.
condemn
to express an unfavorable or adverse judgment on; indicate strong disapproval of; censure.
This test follows the January detonation of a device the North claimed was a hydrogen bomb, which led to wide condemnation and tougher international sanctions.
sanction
something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct, etc.
This test follows the January detonation of a device the North claimed was a hydrogen bomb, which led to wide condemnation and tougher international sanctions.
antagonist
a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary.
The move comes against numerous calls from North Korea’s allies and antagonists to refrain from more “provocative acts”
provocative
tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
The move comes against numerous calls from North Korea’s allies and antagonists to refrain from more “provocative acts”
weary
physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired:
China, a longtime ally of Pyongyang, signed on, signaling it too was weary of the North’s threats on the security in the Northeast Asia region.
rhetoric
(in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast.
Alongside the nuclear test, the North Korean military has sent a number of projectiles and missiles into the sea since March and kept up its anti-American and anti-South Korean rhetoric.
regime
[rəʒíːm]a mode or system of rule or government:
Kim Jong Un’s regime is underpinned by being a full-fledged nuclear state
underpin
to prop up or support from below; strengthen, as by reinforcing a foundation.
Kim Jong Un’s regime is underpinned by being a full-fledged nuclear state
