VOCABULARY BUILDING FROM A SHORT TEXT ABOUT 9/11 ATTACK


Calista Safrina Rahma (19202241100)
 
Text:
9/11
September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history. The attacks against New York City and Washington, D.C., caused extensive death and destruction and triggered an enormous U.S. effort to combat terrorism. Some 2,750 people were killed in New York, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 in Pennsylvania (where one of the hijacked planes crashed after the passengers attempted to retake the plane); all 19 terrorists died (see Researcher’s Note: September 11 attacks). Police and fire departments in New York were especially hard-hit: hundreds had rushed to the scene of the attacks, and more than 400 police officers and firefighters were killed.
The September 11 attacks were precipitated in large part because Osama bin Laden, the leader of the militant Islamic organization al-Qaeda, held naive beliefs about the United States in the run-up to the attacks. Abu Walid al-Masri, an Egyptian who was a bin Laden associate in Afghanistan in the 1980s and ’90s, explained that, in the years prior to the attacks, bin Laden became increasingly convinced that America was weak.

Vocabulary Building:
Hijack
verb
haɪ.dʒæk
to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle during a journey, especially using violence
1. Two man hijacked an airplane and demanded some money
2. He’s a leading suspect in the hijacking of the jetliner
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Extensive
adjective
ɪkˈsten.sɪv
covering a large area; having a great range
1. A school with extensive grounds
2. Her knowledge about arts is extensive (she knows a lot about arts
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Precipitate
verb
prɪˈsɪp.ɪ.teɪt
to make something happen suddenly or sooner than expected
1. Cooling the beaker helps precipitate the compound.
2. An invasion would certainly precipitate a political crisis.
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Militant
adjective
mɪl.ɪ.tənt
active, determined, and often willing to use force
1. A militant leader
2. The group has taken a militant position on the abortion issue
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Associate
Verb
əˈsəʊ.si.eɪt
to connect someone or something in your mind with someone or something else
1. That organization is associated with the government.
2. Most people associate this brand with good quality.
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