Ms. Delvi's Vocabulary Class

Assignment: Difficult Words

* FOOD SECURITY Why 'agriculture cannot wait' By Jacques Diouf

1. underlying
2. neglected
3. slumped
4. reversed
5. bluntly
6. grim
7. soaring
8. fragile
9. vulnerable
10. expertise
11. looming
12. pledges
13. sharply
14. devote
15. initiative
16. dispersed
17. accord

* MPs urge UK torture claims inquiry

1. secrecy
2. complicit
3. alleged
4. overseas
5. scrutiny
6. accountability
7. allegations
8. detainees
9. detention
10. rendition
11. breach
12. condone