ศัพท์และตัวอย่างประโยค
จาก "หนังสือพิมพ์ และนิตยสารภาษาอังกฤษ"

restive     =     ดื้อดึง, ว่ายาก ; difficult to control
  Jakarta says nearly all the $90 million saved on subsidies will go toward building much-needed
infrastructure projects, especially in the restive outlying provinces. (จังหวัดที่อยู่ห่างไกลและควบคุมยาก)

rhetoric  =   ศิลปะแห่งการพูดเพื่อชวนใจคนฟัง หรือการเขียนเพื่อชวนใจคนอ่าน ; The art or study
              of using language effectively and persuasively.
    "There has been a lot of rhetoric, but you'll see more compromise."

tempt (เท็ม) vt.    =    ล่อ, ชวนใจ, ยั่วยวน, เครื่องล่อใจ เช่น เงิน, ล่อให้ทำชั่ว
  Either Bush or Gore might be tempted to soothe partisan passions by putting a few opposition
members in the Cabinet.

forgo     =  ยอมสละ, ละเลย, ทิ้ง ; to abstain from; relinquish
    President Bush might have to forgo his grand scheme for private Social Security investment accounts.

modest     =  ถ่อมตัว, ขวยเขิน, ไม่รุนแรง, พอสัณฐานประมาณ ; Having or showing
                a moderate estimation of one's own talents, abilities, and value.
    Bush could get a modest increase for military readiness and a pay raise but lacks the muscle
to snare additional billions for a Star Wars anti-missile system.

hobble     =   เดินกะโผลกกะเผลก, ตกปลัก, มัดขา, พูดตะกุกตะกัก
    Some foreign leaders may wonder whether a hobbled President and Congress can muster the
political will for a continued U.S. leadership role abroad.

scrap heap =     กองขยะ ; A pile or heap of waste material.
    The electoral (college) fluke is reviving a centure-old debate over whether the college should go
to the scrap heap.

rickety  =    ขี้โรค, ง่อนแง่น, ผุพัง ; Likely to break or fall apart; shaky
    "Why have a rickety institution that has thrice (3 ครั้ง) made a popular-vote loser the President?

underrate  =  ประมาท, ดูเบา ; to rate too low, underestimate
    Although Bush's public career has been brief, he has acquired a reputation as one of the
most underrated politicians in the country.

vindicate   =  แก้, พิสูจน์ ; To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting
                arguments or proof ; to justify or prove the worth of
lopsided  =  เอียง, ลำเอียง, ไม่สมดุลย์
    The battles that raged over the sands of Kuwait and Iraq vindicated the huge investments that
Western nations had made in defense programs during the decade leading up to the lopsidedencounter in
the Middle East.

plight = สภาพ, ชะตา, สถานการณ์(โดยเฉพาะที่ไม่ดี) ; condition
    Recognizing Thailand's plight, US Pacific Commander-in-Chief declared war on the heroin and
methamphetamines flooding Thailand during a visit to Bangkok in September.

anchor = ที่ยึดเหนี่ยว, ตำแหน่งสำคัญของแนวป้องกันในทางทหาร ;
            a regid point of support ; a source of security or stability
    Thailand is alomost the anchor of the US'regional defense strategy.

divulge  =  เปิดเผย, ประกาศ, เผย (ความลับ);
             to make known (something private or secret). See synonyms at reveal.
    General McCaffrey divulged that, after he leaves his present position, he plans to teach at
West Point, write a book on national drug policy, and open a consulting firm.

chronic  =  เรื้อรัง, เป็นประจำ, Of long duration; continuing: chronic money problems.
    America has 3.6- million chronic cocaine addicts. Ninety percent of the cocaine in the US either
originated in Colombia, or transited through Columbia.

derivative = ได้มา, มีกำเนิดมา, สิ่งซึ่งแตกกิ่งสาขามา ; copied or adapted from others
    The M249 Special Purpose Weapon is a 13-pound derivative of the man-portable 16.5-lb
5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon used by the US Army and made by FN Manufacturing
in Columbia.

slate = บัญชีชื่อคน, จดไว้ในบัญชี ; to put on a list of candidates ; to schedule or designate
    The US Army Chief of Staff has given soldiers in units that are slated for the overseas peacekeeping
missions (through May 2005) plenty of time to prepare themselves and, in the case of the Reserves,
their employers, for the assignments.

mitigate  =  บรรเทา, แบ่งเบา ; to moderate (a quality or condition) in force or intensity; alleviate
    Are there any mitigating circumstances in this case?

list  =  (เรือ) เอียง,อาการเอียง ; an inclination to one side, as of a ship; a tilt.
    More than 400 people were taken off the Andaman Princess yesterday after the cruise ship began
to list near Koh Phi Phi yesterday.

purge  = ฟอก, ล้างมลทิน ; to free from impurities; purify. to remove (impurities and other
          elements) by or as if by cleansing.
    Ten senators dismissed on suspicion of committing poll fraud petitioned the Constitutional Court to challenge the Election Commission's authority to purge them.

assertive  = รักษาผลประโยชน์; เสือก ; to defend or maintain one's rights; To put (oneself)
              forward boldly or forcefully in an effort to make an opinion known
    Taiwan is caught between an aggressive China and an assertive America.

prod  = แหย่, กระตุ้น, ลงปะตัก ; to jab or poke; urge
   Two high-profile pundits are prodding President Bush to harden his foreign policy.

flip-flop =  1. The movement or sound of repeated flapping.
             2. A backward somersault or handspring.
             3. Informal. A reversal, as of a stand or position
    a foreign policy flip-flop.