Old friends – The Hindu (Feb 20 2018)

Old friends – The Hindu (Feb 20 2018)

In purely bilateral terms, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to India was pitch perfect in content and optics. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or countries.
2. pitch (noun) – level, point, degree.
3. optics (noun) –  (typically in a political situation) the way in which an event is recognized by the public.
4. deliberation (noun) – discussion, careful movement.
5. trade remedy measures (noun) – measures that allow governments to take remedial action against imports which are causing material injury to a domestic industry.
6. concession (noun) – reduction, adjustment, deduction.
7. lying in present participle of lie (in) (verb) – remain in a particular state.
8. repatriate (verb) – send (money) back to one’s own country.
9. facilitate (verb) – make easy, enable, assist.
10. sanctions (noun) – action taken, or an order given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
11. reverse (verb) – cancel, repeal, overturn.
12. slash (verb) – reduce, cut, lower (a price greatly).
13. generous (adjective) – ample, plentiful, free.
14. stroke (noun) – movement, action, motion.
15. imperative (noun) – necessary condition, requirement, essential.
16. substantive (adjective) – important & meaningful.
17. endorse (verb) – uphold, support, approval.
18. veto (noun) – a constitutional right.
19. red carpet (noun) – greeting, welcoming; warm welcoming treatment to a visitor.
20. roll something out (phrase) – organize, initiate, put in place.
21. amid (preposition) – in the middle of, surrounded by, between.
22. implications (noun) – consequence/outcome, ramification, repercussion.
23. overture (noun) – move, approach, signal/proposal.

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