The Hindu Editorial (RCEP next steps) – Jun 27, 2019
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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (RCEP next steps) – Jun 27, 2019:
- fall out (phrasal verb) – get out, move out.
- resoundingly (adverb) – unmistakably, in an emphatic manner, totally/completely.
- truncated (adjective) – shorten, cut/cut short, curtailed.
- go ahead (phrasal verb) – to proceed, to start/begin to do something.
- stakeholder (noun) – a person with an interest in something.
- last-mile (noun) – the last/final phase /stage/leg in a particular process.
- take forward (phrasal verb) – deal with/handle, address, manage, organize.
- encompass (verb) – include, subsume, incorporate.
- make up (phrasal verb) – comprise, constitute, account for.
- keen (adjective) – eager, wishing, ready/determined.
- trade deficit (noun) – a trade deficit (a deficit in the balance of trade) occurs when the value of a country’s imports exceeds that of its exports. It is also called a trade gap.
- bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or countries.
- multilateral (adjective) – involving many different countries or groups.
- differential (adjective) – distinctive, different, dissimilar.
- vis-a-vis (preposition) – in relation to, with regard to.
- tag (verb) – identify, describe, label.
- sticking point (noun) – obstacle, bone of contention; a problem or issue that makes you can’t move beyond and it stops all progress and you are stuck.
- misgivings (noun) – doubt, suspicion, distrust.
- reiterate (verb) – repeat, say again, restate.
- cut out (phrasal verb) – exclude, leave out/omit, eliminate.
- premature (noun) – untimely, early, too soon/too early.
- keep up (phrasal verb) – continue, maintain, carry on/sustain.
- think tank (noun) – a panel of experts.
- consensus (noun) – an idea or opinion that is shared by all the people in a group. agreement, concurrence.
- in favour of (phrase) – in support of, to the advantage of, approving of.
- give up (phrasal verb) – forgo, abandon, stop trying.
- uncertainty (noun) – doubtfulness, apprehension, unpredictability; quandary/dilemma.
- multilateralism (noun) – a method of coordinating relations between groups of three or more states (countries).
- undermine (verb) – weaken, spoil/damage, compromise, subvert.
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