The Hindu Editorial (India and Biden) – Nov 09, 2020

While U.S. Democratic Party contender and former Vice-President Joseph Biden still needs to tie up some loose ends for an official seal to his victory,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (India and Biden) – Nov 09, 2020.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (India and Biden) – Nov 09, 2020:

ties (noun) – bond, association, relationship.
personalised (adjective) – relating to something which is done to meet someone’s individual requirements.
summit (noun) – meeting, conference.
tie up loose ends (phrase) – to complete the last few minor details of a project such that the task is entirely finished.
mixed bag (noun) – something having a mixture of (advantages and disadvantages) different things.
invest in (verb) – vest in, endow in, confer on, entrust to, give to.
considerably (adverb) – greatly, very much, a lot.
virtual (adjective) – effective, practical.
endorsement (noun) – support, backing, approval.
snub (noun) – rebuff, insult, repulse, rejection, affront, humiliation.
play (verb) – present, produce, give.
impression (noun) – opinion, view, judgement; feeling, apprehension, suspicion.
strategic (adjective) – relating to achieving long-term or overall military goals.
given (preposition) – considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
coronavirus (CoV) (noun) – a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, shortness of breath and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. (Courtesy: WHO)
pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
president-elect (noun) – a president who has been elected but not yet installed would be referred to as a president-elect (e.g. President-elect of the United States).
articulate (verb) – (of an idea) express, communicate, state.
heal (verb) – lessen, mitigate, alleviate; put right, set right, remedy, resolve.
rift (noun) – break, division, split; disagreement, difference of opinion (in relationship).
polity (noun) – a politically organized society.
soul (noun) – spirit, inner/true being, essential nature.
move (noun) – action, measure, deed.
make a move (phrase) – take action.
reverse (verb) – alter, change.
Paris Agreement/Accord (noun) – The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention (agreement) and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
energy transformation (noun) – also known as “energy conversion”, is the process of changing energy from one form to another.
facilitate (verb) – make easy, make possible; assist, help/aid.
regional connectivity (noun) – regional connectivity is regarded as the level and effectiveness of regional networks to facilitate flows of goods, services, people and knowledge.
unlikely (adjective) – not likely, improbable, questionable, doubtful.
pullout (noun) – departure, withdrawal, retreat, disengagement, exit.
measured (adjective) – thoughtful, careful, considered.
likely (adjective) – probable, distinctly possible, to be expected.
confrontational (adjective) – hostile, argumentative, aggressive/belligerent.
attitude (noun) – viewpoint, perspective, standpoint, position, approach.
pushback (noun) – resistance, opposition, disagreement, force back, repulse drive.
press/hit a (hard or raw) nerve (phrase) – to annoy/irritate/upset someone.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (noun) – The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing a path to Indian citizenship for illegal migrants of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities, who had fled persecution from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 2014. Muslims from those countries were not given such eligibility.
campaign (noun) – an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group.
engagement (noun) – participation, taking part, involvement; meeting.
hold one’s own (phrase) – stand firm, stand one’s ground, keep/maintain one’s position.
broader superlative adjective of broad (adjective) – comprehensive, inclusive, extensive, wide-ranging.
process-driven (adjective) – relating to the approach which values the process over anything else.
build up (phrasal verb) – establish, set up, form.
trans- (prefix) – across.
trans-Atlantic (adjective) – concerning/relating to countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
trans-Pacific (adjective) – on, from the other side of, spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean.
alliance (noun) – relationship, coalition, union.
at odds with (phrase) – inconsistent, in conflict, in opposition, contrary to.
transactional (adjective) – exchangeable, transferable, negotiable, marketable.
Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) (noun) – The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a U.S. trade program designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential duty-free entry for thousands of products from 129 designated beneficiary countries and territories.
policy consistency (noun) – it means compatibility and uniformity of course of actions between the top to the bottom level stakeholders so that it can be correctly and efficiently followed by all of them without creating a conflict.
dispensation (noun) – government.
stated (adjective) – specified, identified, expressed (clearly).
intention (noun) – aim, purpose, objective.
multilateral (adjective) – involving many different countries/parties/organizations.
world/global/international order (noun) – the arrangement of power and authority that provides the system for the conduct of diplomacy and world politics in relation to the entire world. An international-relations term describing the distribution of power among world powers.