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The Hindu Editorial (A life in the balance) – Sep 04, 2019

The Hindu Editorial (A life in the balance) – Sep 04, 2019

More than three and a half years after Pakistan announced it had arrested Kulbhushan Jadhav on charges of espionage and terrorism,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (A life in the balance) – Sep 04, 2019.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (A life in the balance) – Sep 04, 2019:

  1. in the balance (phrase) – uncertain, unknown, unresolved, in a critical state.
  2. channel (noun) – method, means, system (for communication).
  3. reprieve (noun) – stay of execution; cancellation, suspension, postponement (of a punishment or something undesirable event).
  4. espionage (noun) – spying, undercover work, infiltration/counter-intelligence.
  5. consular access (noun) – consular access simply means that a diplomat or an official will have a meeting with the prisoner who is in the custody of another country.
  6. bitterly (adverb) – extremely, forcefully, ferociously.
  7. signatory (noun) – the person who signed an official document/agreement.
  8. Vienna convention (noun) – the treaty that lays down the rules about treaties – legal agreements between countries. This Vienna Convention on Diplomatic/Consular Relations, which was agreed in 1961 and went into force in 1964.
  9. chargé d’affaires (noun) – (French); a diplomat who heads an embassy in the absence of the ambassador.
  10. tutor (verb) – instruct, direct, guide.
  11. coerce (verb) – pressure, force, compel/influence.
  12. confessional (adjective) – relating to confessions.
  13. parrot (verb) – repeat mindlessly/mechanically, say again (without thinking).
  14. narrative (noun) – a representation of a particular situation; report.
  15. sham (noun) – pretence, fake, act, fiction.
  16. guilty (noun) – culprit, offender, wrongdoer.
  17. disquiet (noun) – distress, unease, worry/concern.
  18. thus far (phrase) – so far, until now,  hitherto.
  19. compliance with (noun) – adherence to, conformity to, accordance with.
  20. execution (noun) – capital punishment, the death penalty.
  21. breakdown (noun) – failure, collapse, foundering.
  22. bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or countries.
  23. ties (noun) – relationship, allegiance, association/link.
  24. rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
  25. fora plural form of forum (noun) – assembly, gathering, conference.
  26. scenario (noun) – course of events, situation.
  27. diplomatic (adjective) – (delicate & sensitive) consular, foreign-policy, political.
  28. prevail upon (verb) – influence, induce, pressure someone into.
  29. road ahead (phrase) – future.
  30. bilaterally (adverb) – between two countries involved.
  31. hang in the balance (phrase) – uncertain, undetermined, unresolved.

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