The Hindu Editorial (Shape of sanctions) – Nov 08, 2018
The U.S. administration’s decision to grant India and seven other countries waivers on the sanctions it re-imposed on Iran provides some temporary relief to India. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Shape of sanctions) – Nov 08, 2018.
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Today’s word list-1 The Hindu Editorial (Shape of sanctions) – Nov 08, 2018:
- sanctions (noun) – action taken, or an order given to force a country to obey international laws by limiting or stopping trade with that country, by not allowing economic aid for that country, etc (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
- waiver (noun) – renunciation, abandonment, rejection/deferral.
- tide over (phrasal verb) – sustain, bridge the gap, keep going/see through.
- facilitate (verb) – assist/enable, make easier, expedite/speed up.
- rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
- choking (adjective) – struggling/fighting, stifling.
- incur (verb) – suffer, sustain, experience; cause/give rise to.
- push around (phrasal verb) – bully/domineer, boss about, intimidate/threaten.
- zero out (phrasal verb) – reduce to zero, phase out.
- stem from (verb) – arise from, originate/emanate from, derive from.
- leeway (noun) – freedom, scope/flexibility, latitude/elbow room.
- contingent on (adjective) – dependent/conditional; subject to, based on.
- offtake (noun) – purchase of goods.
- fructify (verb) – make fruitful/productive.
- circumvent (verb) – avoid, bypass/sidestep, dodge.
- stick to (phrasal verb) – adhere to/abide by, keep, hold to.
- unilateral (adjective) – relating to a method of taking decisions (on international relations) by a state (country) individually without considering other states (countries).
- leverage (noun) – influence, power, authority/dominance.
- in turn (phrase) – in succession, successively, sequentially.
- in the long run (phrase) – eventually, in the end, ultimately.
- dodge (Verb) – avoid, escape, elude/evade.
- figurative (adjective) – metaphorical, symbolic, representative.
- outpace (verb) – surpass, outshine, go faster than.
- outrun (verb) – escape from, evade/elude, dodge, avoid.
- foreseeable (adjective) – expected, predictable, inevitable.
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