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.
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