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The Hindu Editorial (A fraught moment) – May 11, 2019

The Hindu Editorial (A fraught moment) – May 11, 2019

The U.S.-China trade war has flared up again after a deceptive lull over the last few months,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (A fraught moment) – May 11, 2019.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (A fraught moment) – May 11, 2019:

  1. fraught (adjective) – anxious/worried, distressed, agitated/panicky.
  2. trade war (noun) – a condition in which a country increase tariffs on foreign goods and impose quota restrictions to restrict other countries’ trade.
  3. sustained (adjective) – continuous, uninterrupted, constant.
  4. de-escalate (verb) – diminish, lessen/decrease, dwindle (the intensity of a conflict).
  5. flare up (phrasal verb) – break out/erupt, start suddenly; reoccur, reappear.
  6. deceptive (adjective) – misleading, illusive, deceiving/ambiguous.
  7. lull (noun) – pause/respite, interval/break, suspension/cessation.
  8. negotiate (verb) – discuss terms, hold talks, discuss a settlement.
  9. out of nowhere (phrase) – happening suddenly & unexpectedly.
  10. press ahead (phrasal verb) – continue in one’s action.
  11. underscore (verb) – emphasize, highlight, underline.
  12. take no prisoners (phrase) – be aggressive, be uncompromising, show no mercy approach (an informal military term).
  13. promptly (adverb) – quickly, swiftly, rapidly.
  14. retaliatory (adjective) – termed as a revenge against someone.
  15. spell out (phrasal verb) – explain, make clear, elucidate/clarify.
  16. measure (noun) – action, step, deed.
  17. unambiguously (adverb) – undeniably, unquestionably, undebatably.
  18. first to blink/who blink first (phrase) – it refers to who is going to give up/lose in a hi-tension stand-off between fierce rivals – can be applied to business or war.
  19. revival (noun) – improvement, betterment; restoration.
  20. elevate (verb) – raise, upgrade, move up.
  21. slowdown (noun) – economic decline, recession, slump/depression.
  22. trim (verb) – shorten, abridge, cut down.
  23. forecast (noun) – prediction, indication, projection.
  24. outlook (noun) – prospects, expectations, hopes.
  25. presciently (adverb) – prophetically, predicatively, insight-fully/intuitively.
  26. poise (verb) – balance, hold steady, hover.
  27. escalation (noun) – rise, rapid increase, upturn.
  28. pitch (noun) – level, intensity, strength of something.
  29. protectionism (noun) – the use of tariff and non-tariff restrictions on imports to protect domestic producers from foreign competition.
  30. eventually (adverb) – in the end, finally, ultimately.
  31. pan out (phrasal verb) – turn out, conclude, result.
  32. flag (verb) – indicate, identify, point out.
  33. volatility (noun) – fluctuation, inconsistency, unpredictability.
  34. have a bearing on (phrase) – have a relevance/relation to something.
  35. inflation (noun) – simply meaning “cost of living”; increase of price level of goods & services and vice versa decrease of currency value.

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