Vocabulary Revision : เพิ่มศัพท์กับอาเซียนคอร์เนอร์เดือนพฤศจิกายน

รวบรวมคำศัพท์น่ารู้จากข่าวสำคัญที่เกิดขึ้นรอบภูมิภาคอาเซียนและบทความของบล็อกอาเซียนคอร์เนอร์ตลอดเดือนพฤศจิกายน

amnesty (การนิรโทษกรรม)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : a general pardon granted by a government to forgive political crimes

Example : Thai amnesty bill sparks a new round of street protests in Bangkok.

batter (พายุพัดกระหน่ำ)

Part of speech : verb

Meaning : to hit sb/sth hard, many times

Example : Typhoon Haiyan , also known as Typhoon Yolanda, battered six central Philippine islands on Nov.8.

calamity  (ภัยพิบัติ)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : a terrible event that causes a lot of damage

Example : The mayor of Tacloban, a city of more than 220,000 people in Leyte province, has declared a state of calamity after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit.

commence  (เริ่ม)

Part of speech : verb

Meaning : to start or begin

Example: The academic year in Brunei commences on January 2 with a 4-week break at the end of the year.

compulsory (ซึ่งต้องกระทำตามกฎหมาย)

Part of speech : adjective

Meaning : that must be done by law

Example : Primary education is compulsory for all children between the ages of 7 and 12 in Malaysia.

desperate (for sth)  (มีความต้องการอย่างมาก)

Part of speech : adjective

Meaning : wanting or needing something very much

Example : Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan are desperate for food, water and medicine.

disclosure   (การเปิดเผย,การเปิดโปง)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : making something known

Example : Indonesian-Australian relations turn sour when Australia’s media reported disclosures of President Susilo BambangYudhoyono’s phone tapping.

espionage  (จารกรรม, การสืบราชการลับ)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : the act of spying

Example : The Indonesian diplomat has said Australia's espionage was unacceptable.

responsibility  (หน้าที่, ความรับผิดชอบ)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : a duty to deal with something

Example: Education in Indonesia is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

sovereignty   (อำนาจอธิปไตย)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : the supreme power over a country

Example: The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Nov.11 that Cambodia has sovereignty over the whole territory of the Preah Vihear temple.

storm surge  (คลื่นพายุหมุนยกซัดฝั่ง)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : an offshore rise of water

Example: Tacloban City was inundated with the 15-foot-high storm surge during Typhoon Yolanda.

tertiary (education)  (การศึกษาในระดับอุดมศึกษา)

Part of speech : noun

Meaning : the educational level following the completion of secondary education

Example :