Word 1: Exasperation
Source: Newsweek Magazine
Context Clues: Logic-Beijing's exasperation is growing. I would guess that exasperation means to provoke.
Definition: an act or instance of exasperating; provocation.
Link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/exasperation
Original Sentence: Now, as Pyongyang continues to bite the hand that feeds it, Beijing's exasperation is growing.
Word 2: Belligerent
Source: Newsweek Magazine
Context Clues: Logic- North Korea's recent belligerent moves-torpedoing a South Korean warship. I would guess that belligerent means war like moves.
Definition: pertaining to war or to those engaged in war; warlike; given to waging war.
Link: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/belligerent
Original Sentence: And that was all prior to North Korea's recent belligerent moves-torpedoing a South Korean warship, shelling a border island-which humiliated Chinese efforts to negotiate a solution to the nuke crisis.
Word 3: Unsavory
Source: Newsweek Magazine
Context Clues: Logic- while Kim Jong Il's mercurial regime is unsavory, Chinese efforts to ratchet up the pressure-such as curtailing precious energy supplies. I would guess that unsavory means unfixed.
Definition: socially or morally objectionable or offensive; unappealing or disagreeable, as a pursuit
Link:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/unsavory
Original Sentence: North Korea is still a strategic buffer state for China. And while Kim Jong Il's mercurial regime is unsavory, Chinese efforts to ratchet up the pressure-such as curtailing precious energy supplies, which Beijing has tried in the past-could simply facilitate the collapse that China is desperately trying to avoid.
