For the Week ending 11/30/12
Directions: Choose the word that matches with the definition and appropriately fits into the blank space in the sentence.
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a person on the staff of an ambassador, typically with a specialized area of responsibility
It helps to have a good "_______" (specialist attached to an embassy) if an allied country is "attacked" (set upon forcefully.) |
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an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there
It's doubtful that when an American gets arrested in Russia, Iran, or Pakistan etc., they tell them that they can call their _______; it is something they would have to ask for. |
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a person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
A local leader met with an _______ from the rebel headquarters in Damascus, who bore a list of people to be assassinated during the uprising. |
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a messenger or representative, esp. one on a diplomatic mission; minister plenipotentiary assigned to a foreign embassy, ranking next below the ambassador
He replied, "I am a messenger and an _______ from the lord of the city to your chief. |
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a person who opposes official policy
The European Parliament's prestigious human rights award, named after the great Soviet _______, is now being used to stigmatize the Jewish state. |