The Hindu Editorial (Soldier Number One) – Aug 20, 2019

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Soldier Number One) – Aug 20, 2019:

comment (noun) – observation, opinion, view.
address (noun) – speak, talk, monologue/discourse.
articulate (verb) – communicate, express, voice.
posture (noun) – attitude, standpoint, approach.
underline (verb) – emphasize, highlight, draw attention to.
legitimate (adjective) – permissible, allowable, admissible.
on the cards (phrase) – possible, expected, in view.
advisory (noun) – statement, declaration, message.
entrenched (adjective) – ingrained, established, embedded.
thrust (verb) – drive, force, push.
imminent (adjective) – about to happen approaching, in the offing, forthcoming.
pull-out (noun) – withdrawal, departure, exit/leave.
proxy (noun) – representative figure for something (original).
on the ground (phrase) – in a situation/place where things are happening really/practically.
blowback (noun) – the unexpected (bad & harmful) outcomes of a political situation.
abrogation (noun) – abolition, repeal, cancellation (of a law/agreement).
heightened (adjective) – increased, amplified, intensified.
ambit (noun) – scope, limits, purview.
transpire (verb) – happen, occur, take place.
fortnight (noun) – a period of two weeks/fourteen days continuously.
incursion (noun) – attack, intrusion, invasion.
countermeasure (noun) – solution, answer, cure.
intelligence (noun) – information, facts, details.
squabble (noun) – argument, fight, dispute.
call the shots (phrase) – be in command, be the boss, be in the driving seat.
comprehensively (adverb) – completely, thoroughly, fully.
blunt (adjective) – diminish, decrease, weaken.
bridge a/the gap (phrase) – to connect two things; unite, join, connect.
envisage (verb) – foresee, predict, forecast.
adjunct (adjective) – supplement, addition, extra.
apparatus (noun) – a complicated structure/network/system of a organization.
execution (noun) – implementation, fulfillment, enforcement.
ramp up (phrasal verb) – increase.
concomitant (adjective) – associated, related, connected.