The Hindu Editorial (Overnight flip-flop) – Sep 22, 2018
Within 24 hours of announcing a meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi in New York next week. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Overnight flip-flop) – Sep 22, 2018.
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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Overnight flip-flop) – Sep 22, 2018
- flip-flop (noun) – a sudden reversal of something, particularly a policy/plan.
- call off (phrasal verb) – cancel, abandon, shelve/drop.
- glorify (verb) – praise, honour, laud.
- render (verb) – deliver, pronounce, proclaim.
- far from (phrase) – not, not at all, nowhere near.
- to begin with (phrase) – at first, at the outset, at the beginning.
- predate (verb) – occur, exist, happen earlier.
- bear (verb) – endure, tolerate, suffer.
- thus (adverb) – therefore, hence, as a result.
- bewildering (adjective) – perplexing, puzzling, mystifying/mysterious.
- dampen (verb) -decrease, diminish/lessen, reduce.
- foreseeable (adjective) – inevitable, predictable, expected.
- warrant (verb) – justify, call for, validate.
- retaliatory (adjective) – termed as a revenge against someone.
- hotline (noun) – a direct telephone line between two head quarters of government for emergency & or communication.
- in this regard (phrase) – in connection with the aspect/consideration/point referred earlier.
- provocation (noun) – stirring, incitement, inducement.
- credible (adjective) – convincing, acceptable; reasonable.
- bear on (phrasal verb) – relate to, apply to, concern/be connected with.
- thus (far) (submodifier) – so far, until now, to this point.
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