The Hindu Editorial (Black and grey) – Jan 27, 2020

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Black and grey) – Jan 27, 2020:

geopolitics (noun) – geographical politics; international politics & relations effected by geographical reasons.
relative (adjective) – reasonable, a fair degree of, considerable.
deliberation (noun) – careful thought, thinking, consideration, discussion.
watchdog (noun) – inspector/supervisor, observer, ombudsman.
money laundering (noun) – a secret act of moving illegally acquired funds into legal bank accounts or investments.
plenary (adjective) – relating to a meeting attended by all participants of a group at a conference.
blacklist (noun) – a list of countries which the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) judges to be non-cooperative in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
grey/watch list (noun) – a list of countries on observation due to their “strategic deficiencies” in countering terror-financing and money-laundering. The countries put on grey/watch list by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will be subjected to direct monitoring and intense scrutiny by the International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG) on terror financing.
downgrade (verb) – lower in status, reduce in rank, demote.
let off (phrasal verb) – pardon, forgive; excuse, relieve/exempt.
freeze (verb) – stop, prevent, ban (funds to be used for a particular period of time).
entail (verb) – cause, result in, produce.
sustained (adjective) – continuous, constant, steady.
in line with (phrase) – in accordance with.
scrutiny (noun) – observation, inspection, examination.
lest (conjunction) – just in case, for fear that, in order to avoid the risk of.
let someone off the hook (phrase) – out of trouble, free, found not guilty.
massacre (noun) – carnage, mass murder, mass killing.
charge sheet (noun) – an official document on which a police officer enters details of the charge against a person.
bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or countries.
play a part (phrase) – contribute to, be a factor in, be instrumental in.
weigh (verb) – have influence with, be important to, mean something to.
backing (noun) – support, help, assistance.