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reticent Kim Jong Il viewd Kim Jong Chul as too reticent. In one of his books about North Korea, Fujimoto quotes the Dear Leader as saying that Kim Jong Chul ''resembles a girl'' - hardly an asset in male-dominated North Korea. Reticent Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily she was extremely reticent about her personal affairs 더보기
Ostensible, Helm This is the country now ostensibly helmed by young Kim Jong Un, just 29 by most accounts, the grandson of Kim Il Sung, the founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) and the creator of its core ideology. Helm Synonyms: verb: steer, govern, direct, pilot noun: rudder, wheel, steering wheel, helmet A tiller or wheel and any associated equipment for steering a ship or boat she staye.. 더보기
defiant, provocation Over the past decade, despite crippling economic sanctions imposed by most of the outside world, North Korea has defiantly developed and tested nuclear weapons and the long-range missiles needed to deliver them. Defiance : Open resistance; bold disobedience the demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings Synonym of Defiance -> Provocation provocations plural Action or speech that ma.. 더보기
brethren Nearly 30,000 U.S. troops sit across the border, helping defend the North's prosperous, democratic brethren in the South against a 1.2 million-member army, most of it arrayed within 30 miles (50 km) of the demilitarized zone.  brethren plural Fellow Christians or members of a male religious order Used for humorous or rhetorical effect to refer to people belonging to a particular group our bret.. 더보기
iota It is a place where not even an iota of freedom is imaginable. iotas plural The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι), transliterated as ‘i.’ The ninth star in a constellation Iota Piscium An extremely small amount nothing she said seemed to make an iotaof difference 더보기

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