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  1. emblazon
    decorate with heraldic arms
    The latest fad among Cuban youth is a simple white rubber bracelet emblazoned with the word ''CAMBIO'' -- change -- and it landed up to 60 young people behind bars this week, according to human-rights activists on the island.
  2. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
    Several dissidents in Cuba said a group of about 16 young people took to the street in Havana on Sunday to protest the second round of Cuba's municipal elections.
  3. fad
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
    The latest fad among Cuban youth is a simple white rubber bracelet emblazoned with the word ''CAMBIO'' -- change -- and it landed up to 60 young people behind bars this week, according to human-rights activists on the island.
  4. awareness
    state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
    Many of them were wearing the white wristbands, similar to the cancer-awareness bracelets made popular by cyclist Lance Armstrong.
  5. foster
    providing nurture though not related by blood or legal ties
    The bracelets were sent to Cuba as part of a Miami-based initiative to foster dissent, and appear to have become a fashion trend.
  6. dissent
    a difference of opinion
    The bracelets were sent to Cuba as part of a Miami-based initiative to foster dissent, and appear to have become a fashion trend.
  7. trend
    a general tendency to change, as of opinion
    The bracelets were sent to Cuba as part of a Miami-based initiative to foster dissent, and appear to have become a fashion trend.
  8. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
    The bracelets were sent to Cuba as part of a Miami-based initiative to foster dissent, and appear to have become a fashion trend.
  9. arrest
    take into custody
    ''My son was not even at the protest on Sunday, but they came to the house with an arrest warrant on Tuesday looking for him,'' anti-Castro activist Aurelio Bachiller said by phone from Havana.
  10. accord
    concurrence of opinion
    The latest fad among Cuban youth is a simple white rubber bracelet emblazoned with the word ''CAMBIO'' -- change -- and it landed up to 60 young people behind bars this week, according to human-rights activists on the island.
  11. warrant
    formal and explicit approval
    ''My son was not even at the protest on Sunday, but they came to the house with an arrest warrant on Tuesday looking for him,'' anti-Castro activist Aurelio Bachiller said by phone from Havana.
  12. cell
    the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
    ``They took the bracelet from him and tossed him in a cell.''
  13. similar
    having the same or nearly the same characteristics
    Many of them were wearing the white wristbands, similar to the cancer-awareness bracelets made popular by cyclist Lance Armstrong.
  14. simple
    having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved
    The latest fad among Cuban youth is a simple white rubber bracelet emblazoned with the word ''CAMBIO'' -- change -- and it landed up to 60 young people behind bars this week, according to human-rights activists on the island.
  15. several
    of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
    Several dissidents in Cuba said a group of about 16 young people took to the street in Havana on Sunday to protest the second round of Cuba's municipal elections.
Created on 一月 4, 2013

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