The Hindu Editorial (A welcome step) – June 21, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (A welcome step) – June 21, 2023:

welcome (adjective) – pleasing, agreeable, favourable, promising, much needed.
diplomatic (adjective) – tactful, sensitive, subtle, delicate; consular, foreign-policy.
channel (noun) – means, medium, instrument, mechanism.
The U.S. Secretary of State (noun) – a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser.
takeaway (noun) – a key point/idea/fact.
ties (noun) – association, relationship, bond, connection.
confrontation (noun) – clash, fight, (armed) conflict, tussle, skirmish.
talks (noun) – dialogue, discussion, discourse, debate, negotiation, deliberation .
difference (noun) – disagreement, difference of opinion, misunderstanding, dispute.
yield (verb) – give, provide, fetch, generate, bring in.
breakthrough (noun) – very important/significant development or progress.
contentious (adjective) – controversial, argumentative, quarrelsome.
curb (verb) – restrain, control, limitation, restriction.
the fact that (phrase) – used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion.
diplomat (noun) – official, ambassador, envoy, consul, emissary, chargé d’affaires.
given (preposition) – considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
rancour (noun) – enmity, bitterness, hostility, resentment, ill will.
shoot down (phrasal verb) – gun down, bring down (an aircraft or missile or something).
spy balloon (or) surveillance balloon (noun) – a type of balloon that is employed as an aerial platform for gathering intelligence and spotting artillery.
objective (noun) – aim, ambition, goal, target.
strengthen (verb) – make strong/stronger, support, bolster up, buttress, fortify, reinforce, underpin, shore up.
make clear (phrase) – explain, clarify, elucidate, spell out.
explore (verb) – examine, evaluate, review, take stock of.
transnational (adjective) – involving/relating to two/more countries.
administration (noun) – government, regime.
discourse (noun) – discussion, debate, talk, conversation, communication, expression.
lead-up to (noun) – circumstances, conditions, situation (before an event).
engagement (noun) – association, involvement, participation.
avenue (noun) – method, way.
interest (noun) – common concerns (in politics/business).
sustain (verb) – continue, carry on, keep up, maintain, bolster up.
arrest (verb) – stop, halt, end, restrict, prevent.
slide (noun) – fall, decline, slump, tumble, downturn, deterioration.
inevitably (adverb) – unavoidably, certainly, definitely.
backdrop (noun) – situation, scenario, context.
increasingly (adverb) – more and more, steadily more, continuously more, gradually more.
heated (adjective) – emotional, charged, fraught, intense.
rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
choose sides (phrase) – to agree with one person in a dispute (between two).
binding (adjective) – required, essential, imperative, necessary; unalterable, unbreakable.
affirm (verb) – state, declare, assert publicly.
domain (noun) – area, sphere, realm, field (of activity).
not-too-distant past (phrase) – a time that is not very long ago in the past. (“not-too-distant future” means a time that is not very long from now).
evoke (verb) – bring/call to mind; invoke, give rise to, bring forth, induce, arouse.
unease (noun) – anxiety, discontent, distress, panic, agitation.
short-lived (adjective) – brief, short, short-term, temporary.
The Group of Two (G-2 or G2) (noun) – a proposed informal special relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America.
no longer (adjective) – not any more.
the case (noun) – the situation, circumstances, conditions, the state of affairs.