Chance for peace – The Hindu (Mar 09 2018)

Chance for peace – The Hindu (Mar 09 2018)

The visit by a South Korean delegation to Pyongyang and the subsequent North Korean offer to hold talks with the U.S. mark perhaps the most serious attempt in a decade to reduce tensions in the peninsula. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. mark (verb) – represent, signify, indicate.
2. peninsula (noun) – an area of land almost surrounded by water (on three sides) and one side attached to the mainland.
3. denuclearize (verb) – remove nuclear weapons from (a country, state, etc).
4. fraught (adjective) – anxious, worried/upset, agitated.
5. 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).
6. in the face of (phrase) – despite, notwithstanding, regardless of.
7. rhetoric (noun) – heroics, hyperbole/extravagant language.
8. yield (verb) – produce, provide, generate/realize.
9. ballistic missile (noun) – a missile, which is shot from the ground, takes a long distance to travel well outside the atmosphere and falls to the earth to explode on its target (due to the gravity).
10. marked (adjective) – noticeable, distinct, clear/glaring.
11. pursue (verb) – engage in, take part in, go in for.
12. militaristic (adjective) – warlike, martial, hawkish/combative.
13. outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.
14. muscular (adjective) – vigorous, robust, strong/powerful.
15. pose (verb) – cause, produce, lead to/result in.
16. embrace (verb) – take up, adopt; involve.
17. defuse (verb) – reduce, lessen, diminish.
18. conducive (adjective) – favourable, beneficial, advantageous.

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