Match up Exercise May 12

Match the usage of the highlighted word with its meaning.

	Usage of highlighted word		Meaning
A	The sanctions have been advertised as necessary to force a recalcitrant Iran to end its pursuit of nuclear weapons.	1	To interpret; understand
B	A country refusing to have any relations at all with any other country has maximised its freedom of action, but has opted to become a pariah.	2	Devoid of matter; mindless
C	In pursuit of sheer numbers, the Non-Aligned Movement opted to become conceptually vacuous.	3	To Gather or assemble
D	Some commentators have construed this to mean that governments in the eurozone should now spend their way out of the current recession.	4	A social outcast
E	Many economists reckon that at current interest rates and assuming reasonable growth rates, no amount of austerity is going to help.	5	Deep rooted; well established
F	The real issue is whether the German chancellor can muster domestic support for a rescue in time to avert a disorderly exit of Greece and a collapse in Spain and Italy.	6	To consider; to calculate
G	The 'Arab Spring/Awakening' that led to entrenched regimes in important parts of the region crumbling, thoroughly undermined that central jihadi policy.	7	Unruly, disobedient