The Hindu Editorial (Slippery slope) – May 17, 2019

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Slippery slope) – May 17, 2019:

1. slippery slope (noun) – a series of actions that can’t be controlled over once it has begun and the series of actions are going to create a lot of problems.
2. mute (adjective) – quiet, silent, tacit.
3. spectator (noun) – onlooker, viewer, observer.
4. outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.
5. amid (preposition) – in the middle of, surrounded by; during.
6. 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).
7. waiver (noun) – renunciation, abandonment, rejection/deferral.
8. perceived (adjective) – regarded, observed; considered/supposed.
9. slap (verb) – impose, put on, add.
10. rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
11. strait (noun) – a narrow passage of water; channel.
12. legitimate (adjective) – permissible, allowable, admissible.
13. pin on (phrasal verb) – blame something on, attribute something to, impute something to.
14. unrelenting (adjective) – inflexible, uncompromising, resolute.
15. ground (noun) – reason, cause, basis.
16. aid (verb) – help, assist, uphold.
17. escalation (noun) – intensification; an increase in the intensity of something.
18. storm (noun) – outburst, outbreak, explosion.
19. buy time (phrase) – delay, linger, waste time.
20. in compliance with (noun) – adherence to, conformity to, accordance with.
21. diktat (noun) – bill, regulation, decree.
22. zero out (phrasal verb) – reduce to zero, phase out.
23. in the face of (phrase) – in spite of/despite, notwithstanding, regardless.
24. pile up (verb) – increase, escalate, rise.
25. head-on (adverb) – direct, front-to-front, face to face/personal.
26. walk out (phrasal verb) – desert, abandon, leave.
27. immune (adjective) – protected from, safe from, secure against; not subject.
28. facilitate (verb) – make easier, clear the way for, assist/help.

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