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Fast forward to the present, Maldivians are protesting vociferously against India’s military presence in their island nation, with rising calls for Indian troops’ unconditional and immediate departure.
On September 12, the Patriotic Youth Movement of Maldives organized a peaceful motorbike rally – the second such event in recent weeks – to protest against India’s military presence on Maldivian soil.
Maldives has long been an integral part of India’s regional security grid, seen in the two sides’ joint radar network, reconnaissance capabilities and military exercises.
At that time, Maldives sought to expand its military aviation capabilities but lacked the wherewithal.
For most of its independent history, since 1965, Maldives has generally enjoyed excellent relations with India, while keeping communication channels open with China.

Total GRE Words: 25

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Vocabulary Practice: Scintillating
Meaning: Describes someone who is brilliant and lively

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Grover ClevelandWell before his two stints in the White House, Cleveland overindulged in the cheap beer and rich food served in the smoke-filled saloons of Buffalo, New York.
Although he voted for Prohibition as a senator, the whiskey aficionado hypocritically kept a fully stocked sidebar in the White House.
As president, Johnson threw massive barbeques for dignitaries and media members at his Texas ranch, and his Styrofoam cup of Cutty Sark was a constant companion.
“Johnson had this Lincoln Continental convertible customized with mud-grip tires and a reinforced undercarriage to cruise the ranch,” Abrams says.
So after researching the drinking habits of each chief executive, which president would Abrams want to grab a beer with?

Total GRE Words: 20

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Vocabulary Practice: Pollyannaish
Meaning: Someone who is unfailingly cheerful — no matter what — can be described as pollyannaish. if your friend tells you some terribly bad news, it would be pollyannaish to say, "yes, but it's such a beautiful day!"

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Vocabulary Practice: Scintillating
Meaning: Describes someone who is brilliant and lively

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Vocabulary Practice: Pariah
Meaning: An outcast; a rejected and despised person

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It was January 27, 1908, at the Columbia Theater in St. Louis and Harry Houdini was about to debut his first theatrical performance.
Harry Houdini is most often remembered as an escape artist and a magician.
It depicts Houdini at his most theatrical, wearing makeup and facing the camera with a calculated mysterious gaze.
Houdini, the inventor, filed for only a handful of his inventions in the United States and abroad.
Houdini paid Morritt for the global rights to the trick and found a way to make it bigger and better.

Total GRE Words: 32

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Vocabulary Practice: Fractious
Meaning: Quarrelsome; rebellious; unruly; refractory; irritable

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Vocabulary Practice: Extenuating
Meaning: Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of

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A fateful decision by Stalin, and divisions drawn by the Soviet Union, still reverberate in a historic conflict that has recently re-erupted on the battlefields of the Caucasus.

Total GRE Words: 15

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Vocabulary Practice: Inviolate
Meaning: Must be kept sacred

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Vocabulary Practice: Transmute
Meaning: Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

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Five months after a modest surge of COVID-19, the nation’s outbreak falls well outside the worst in the world. But its authoritarian tendencies have sometimes overshadowed its reputation for public health.

Total GRE Words: 19

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Vocabulary Practice: Inclement
Meaning: Used of persons or behavior; showing no mercy

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Repeated military-level talks should not lull decision makers into a sense of complacence as there is a high probability that the dragon is biding its time to strike.

Total GRE Words: 25

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Vocabulary Practice: Supercilious
Meaning: Disdainful; arrogant; haughty

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Vocabulary Practice: Tumult
Meaning: A state of chaos, noise and confusion

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"I started looking into it online," Neff said.
Since its inception in 2017 QAnon has quickly metastasized, infiltrating American politics, internet culture and now -- religion.
And YouTube announced Thursday that it is "removing more conspiracy theory content used to justify real-world violence," including QAnon videos.
To cite a few examples:During services in July, Rock Urban Church in Grandville, Michigan, played a discredited video that supports QAnon conspiracy theories.
Earlier this year a young Christian friend of his recirculated QAnon ideas posted online by a national Christian leader, Anleitner said.

Total GRE Words: 31

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Vocabulary Practice: Churlish
Meaning: Boorish; vulgar; loutish; difficult and intractable

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In June, the recreational and medical marijuana industry in my home state of Colorado reached US$199 million in monthly sales, a new record.
The legalization of recreational marijuana has contributed to six of eight consecutive years of record-setting growth in the tourism industry.
Still, despite the obvious economic benefits, many in the U.S. disapprove of the legalization of marijuana.
Others worry about teenage marijuana use, the potential effects of secondhand smoke on children, or about people driving while stoned.
Several other states are set to vote on marijuana legalization on election day, November 3.

Total GRE Words: 27

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