Vocab 16

Question 1

Arbitration

Answer 1

The process in which parties involved in a dispute allow and impartial party to settle their differences

Question 2

Attaché

Answer 2

A person assigned to serve in a specific capacity in a diplomatic mission

Question 3

Consul

Answer 3

A diplomatic official who represents his or her own government’s economic interests in a foreign country and assists fellow citizens living or traveling there

Question 4

Covenant

Answer 4

A binding agreement; a legal contract

Question 5

Discretion

Answer 5

The quality of using good judgement and self restraint; the quality of acting wisely based in awareness of the potential consequences of one’s actions
The ability or power to decide responsibly

Question 6

Entente

Answer 6

An understanding or an agreement between two or more political powers providing for a common course of action or policy

Question 7

Insular

Answer 7

Suggestive of the isolated life on an island

Having a narrow viewpoint

Question 8

Machiavellian

Answer 8

Cunning, deceitful, and underhanded in business or politics; aiming to maintain power by whatever means necessary

Question 9

Protocol

Answer 9

A code of correct conduct

Question 10

Status quo

Answer 10

The existing condition or state of affairs