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  1. radicalize
    make more extreme in social or political outlook
    In Washington on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the issue of radicalized rebels in an exchange with Representative Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican.
  2. documented
    furnished with or supported by written information
    And while the United States has said it seeks policies that would strengthen secular rebels and isolate extremists, the dynamic on the ground, as seen in the execution video from Idlib and in a spate of other documented crimes, is more complicated than a contest between secular and religious groups.
  3. inadvertently
    without knowledge or intention
    That has raised the prospect that American military action could inadvertently strengthen Islamic extremists and criminals.
  4. motivation
    psychological feature arousing action toward a desired goal
    His motivation, his former aide said, was just as the poem he recited said: revenge.
  5. welt
    a raised mark on the skin
    Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts.
  6. briefing
    detailed instructions, as for a military operation
    Mr. McCaul responded by saying he had been told in briefings that half of the opposition fighters were extremists.
  7. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
    By the spring, his group had taken a resonant name: Jund al-Sham, which it shares with three international terrorist groups, and another group in Syria.
  8. extremist
    a person who holds radical views
    Mr. McCaul responded by saying he had been told in briefings that half of the opposition fighters were extremists.
  9. spate
    a sudden forceful flow
    And while the United States has said it seeks policies that would strengthen secular rebels and isolate extremists, the dynamic on the ground, as seen in the execution video from Idlib and in a spate of other documented crimes, is more complicated than a contest between secular and religious groups.
  10. dynamic
    characterized by action or forcefulness of personality
    And while the United States has said it seeks policies that would strengthen secular rebels and isolate extremists, the dynamic on the ground, as seen in the execution video from Idlib and in a spate of other documented crimes, is more complicated than a contest between secular and religious groups.
  11. aide
    someone who acts as an assistant
    The former aide, who smuggled the video out of Syria, is not being identified for security reasons.
  12. republican
    having the supreme power lying in citizens entitled to vote
    In Washington on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the issue of radicalized rebels in an exchange with Representative Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican.
  13. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
    The video also offers a reminder of the foreign policy puzzle the United States faces in finding rebel allies as some members of Congress, including Senator John McCain, press for more robust military support for the opposition.
  14. independent
    free from external control and constraint
  15. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
  16. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
    Brian Epstein gets an obsequious thanks: one can imagine the tortuous negotiations.
Created on 九月 5, 2013 (updated 九月 5, 2013)

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