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:
- fraught (adjective) – anxious/worried, distressed, agitated/panicky.
- trade war (noun) – a condition in which a country increase tariffs on foreign goods and impose quota restrictions to restrict other countries’ trade.
- sustained (adjective) – continuous, uninterrupted, constant.
- de-escalate (verb) – diminish, lessen/decrease, dwindle (the intensity of a conflict).
- flare up (phrasal verb) – break out/erupt, start suddenly; reoccur, reappear.
- deceptive (adjective) – misleading, illusive, deceiving/ambiguous.
- lull (noun) – pause/respite, interval/break, suspension/cessation.
- negotiate (verb) – discuss terms, hold talks, discuss a settlement.
- out of nowhere (phrase) – happening suddenly & unexpectedly.
- press ahead (phrasal verb) – continue in one’s action.
- underscore (verb) – emphasize, highlight, underline.
- take no prisoners (phrase) – be aggressive, be uncompromising, show no mercy approach (an informal military term).
- promptly (adverb) – quickly, swiftly, rapidly.
- retaliatory (adjective) – termed as a revenge against someone.
- spell out (phrasal verb) – explain, make clear, elucidate/clarify.
- measure (noun) – action, step, deed.
- unambiguously (adverb) – undeniably, unquestionably, undebatably.
- 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.
- revival (noun) – improvement, betterment; restoration.
- elevate (verb) – raise, upgrade, move up.
- slowdown (noun) – economic decline, recession, slump/depression.
- trim (verb) – shorten, abridge, cut down.
- forecast (noun) – prediction, indication, projection.
- outlook (noun) – prospects, expectations, hopes.
- presciently (adverb) – prophetically, predicatively, insight-fully/intuitively.
- poise (verb) – balance, hold steady, hover.
- escalation (noun) – rise, rapid increase, upturn.
- pitch (noun) – level, intensity, strength of something.
- protectionism (noun) – the use of tariff and non-tariff restrictions on imports to protect domestic producers from foreign competition.
- eventually (adverb) – in the end, finally, ultimately.
- pan out (phrasal verb) – turn out, conclude, result.
- flag (verb) – indicate, identify, point out.
- volatility (noun) – fluctuation, inconsistency, unpredictability.
- have a bearing on (phrase) – have a relevance/relation to something.
- 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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