Words in the News vet an application vérifier ou examiner une demande President Obama announced in late 2015 that over the following year the US would accept 10,000 Syrian refugees whose applications would be vetted thoroughly. vindicate justifier David Cameron's office says the ECJ* ruling in November 2014 that under certain conditions Germany can deny benefits to "economically inactive" migrants from other EU nations, vindicates the prime minister's moves to prevent "benefit tourism". * European Court of Justice vindication confirmation Environmental activists cheered as a vindication of their influence the decision taken by President Obama in November 2015 not to authorize a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline. vocal ardent, fervent The international media report that Colombia, Croatia and Namibia are among the most vocal supporters of having a woman secretary general at the head of the United Nations to replace Ban Ki-Moon, whose second five-year term ends on December 31, 2016. vote of no confidence motion de censure International observers say Ukraine's parliament indefinitely postponed a vote of no confidence in the government of prime minister Yatsenyuk in late 2015 to avoid jeopardising a $40bn international bailout led by the IMF*. * International Monetary Fund 150