The Hindu Editorial (Long road home) – Dec 21, 2018

The return to India of Hamid Nihal Ansari, an engineer from Mumbai who spent six years in a Pakistani prison, is cause for cheer on the otherwise bleak landscape of India-Pakistan relations. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Long road home) – Dec 21, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 The Hindu Editorial (Long road home) – Dec 21, 2018:

1. humane (adjective) – compassionate, generous; socially concerned.
2. bleak (adjective) – unpromising, unfavourable, disadvantageous (situation).
3. landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
4. plight (noun) – difficult situation, trouble/difficulty, quandary.
5. befriend (verb) – make friends with, support/back, stand by.
6. espionage (noun) – spying, undercover work, infiltration/counter-intelligence.
7. ordeal (noun) – painful experience, unpleasant experience, difficulty.
8. keep alive (phrasal verb) – nurse, perpetuate, keep going/continue/sustain.
9. deter (verb) – prevent, stop, avert.
10. to one’s credit (phrase) -used to mention that someone deserves praise/admiration.
11. sustained (adjective) – continuous, uninterrupted, constant.
12. whereabouts (noun) – location, position, situation.
13. consular (adjective) – relating to the consul or consulate in a foreign city.
14. commend (verb) – admire, honour, praise.
15. expedite (verb) – speed up, accelerate, hurry.
16. pro bono (adjective) – free, without charge, for nothing.
17. downturn (noun) – setback, upset/blow, decline (in business activity).
18. conviction (noun) – declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence, judgement.
19. nothing short of (phrase) – almost; little less than.
20. repatriation (noun) – the act of  sending people to their own country.
21. inadvertently (adverb) – accidentally, unintentionally; unwittingly.
22. trespass (verb) – encroach on, invade, infringe.
23. hold hostage (phrase) – keep someone as a hostage.
24. prolong (verb) – lengthen, extend, protract.
25. impoverished (adjective) – weakened, exhausted; poor/poverty-stricken.

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