The Hindu Editorial (Man-made disaster) – Jan 13, 2020

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Man-made disaster) – Jan 13, 2020:

1. retaliation (noun) – revenge, vengeance, counter-attack.
2. spike (noun) – a sharp rise/increase of something.
3. take off (phrasal verb) – (of an aircraft) leave the ground.
4. assertion (noun) – declaration, statement, claim/opinion.
5. bring down (phrasal verb) – cause an aircraft to fall from the sky by shooting it.
6. have anything to do with (phrase) – be connected with, be related to, have dealings with.
7. reckless (adjective) – careless, thoughtless, incautious/heedless.
8. assassinate (verb) – murder, kill, execute.
9. brink (noun) – edge/verge/end (of something).
10. anticipate (verb) – expect, foresee, predict.
11. context (noun) – circumstances, conditions, situation.
12. abdicate (verb) – reject, renounce, give up, avoid.
13. veer off (verb) – change direction, deviate, diverge.
14. admission (noun) – acknowledgement, acceptance, declaration.
15. apology (noun) – expression of regret.
16. carry out (phrasal verb) – conduct, perform, execute.
17. put in place (phrase) – initiate, usher in, bring in.
18. pay the price (phrase) – experience bad or unpleasant result.
19. confrontational (adjective) – hostile, argumentative, aggressive/belligerent.
20. unilaterally (adverb) – used to indicate something done by a person/country without approval/agreement from other people/countries involved in the situation.
21. pull out (phrasal verb) – withdraw, leave, get out.
22. worth the risk (phrase) – when something may be dangerous, but you still want to do it.
23. all-out (adjective) – intense, aggressive, unrestrained/uncontrolled, powerful.
24. stampede (noun) – people’s movement rapidly in a mass after panic.
25. funeral (noun) – burial (ceremony), cremation, laying to rest.
26. unearth (verb) – detect, discover, find out.
27. culprit (noun) – criminal, offender, wrongdoer.

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