Topic 1 : "Undermining the SYL Canal"
- Undermining - destroying the base or foundation of something
- Thumb your nose at someone - to show no respect toward someone or something
- Status quo - the present situation or condition
- Unanimously - without opposition (with the agreement of all people involved)
- Emotive - causing strong feelings
- Wind down - slowly lose power
- Political adventurism - the willingness to take risks in politics
- Consensus - a general agreement.
- Unilateral - involving only one group or country
- Repudiation - rejection of a proposal or idea
- Onus - something that is one's duty or responsibility
- Reiterate - say something again or a number of times
- Redline - a boundary or limit which should not be crossed
- Rehabilitation - to return something to a good condition
- Assent - approval or agreement
- Scooping - digging
- Flora - the plants of a particular place
- Fever pitch - a state of extreme excitement
- Frenzied - uncontrolled and excited
- Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
- Legislation - a law or set of laws suggested by a government and made official by a parliament
- Reneged - to fail to keep a promise or an agreement
- Riparian - relating to or situated on the banks of a river
- Abdication - to stop controlling or managing something that you are in charge of
- Aggravated - to make a bad situation worse
- Wilful - doing something bad intentionally
- Reap - gather
- Dividend - the profit (of a company) that is paid to the people who own shares in it
- Spectre - the idea of something unpleasant that might happen in the future
- Barren - unable to produce plants or fruit
- Riot - a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
- Outrage - an extremely strong reaction of anger
- Fomented - to cause trouble to develop
- Coalition - the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose (usually for a limited time)
- Dispute - a disagreement or argument
- Amenable - willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion
- Populist - representing or relating to the ideas and opinions of ordinary people
- Groundwork - preliminary or basic work
- Repudiation - rejection of a proposal or idea
- Squarely - directly
- Condemned - express complete disapproval of something
