The Hindu Lead Article (Meddlesome and more) – Jul 23, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump has been entangled in a quagmire of his own making when, in a joint press conference in Helsinki, Finland, last week with….. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s advanced word list-1 for The Hindu Lead Article (Meddlesome and more) – Jul 23, 2018.

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meddlesome (adjective) – interfering, meddling, intrusive.
suborn (verb) – induce, lure, entice.
entangle (verb) – involve, implicate, embroil/mix up.
quagmire (noun) – unfortunate situation, muddle, mix-up.
meddling (noun) – the act of interfering in other’s matters needlessly.
walk back (phrasal verb) – reverse, change; retreat.
firestorm (noun) – a very intense fire; blaze, conflagration/inferno.
call on (phrasal verb) – demand, ask for, appeal to.
disarmament (noun) – demilitarization, limitation/reduction/deactivation of (military) weapons.
parallel (noun) – similarity, resemblance, equivalence.
set aside (phrasal verb) – disregard, ignore, shrug off.
incumbent (noun) – a person who is the existing holder of power.
plummet (verb) – fall steeply/sharply, plunge, tumble.
advocate (verb) – recommend, support, uphold.
throw everything including the kitchen sink (phrase) – almost everything, whether required or not.
pork projects (noun) – government projects in which allocation of (federal) spending is specifically designed to bring money or benefit to an elected representatives and voters in their constituencies.
King George’s cavalry (noun) – colloquial/informal name of subsidies paid out by the British government to other European states in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; suitcases of cash.
adversary (noun) – opponent, rival, enemy/nemesis.
outrage (noun) – violation, inhumane act.
balk at (phrasal verb) – eschew, resist, refuse.
run-up to (noun) – a period/time before an important event.
condone (verb) – deliberately ignore, not take into consideration, disregard.
indignation (noun) – anger, shock, fury, resentment.
undermine (verb) – weaken, damage, hinder/hurt.
muscle (verb) – influence/coerce by political pressure.
impending (adjective) – nearing, imminent, forthcoming/about to happen.
trade war (noun) – a condition in which a country increase tariffs on foreign goods and impose quota restrictions to restrict other countries’ trade.
spurious (adjective) – bogus, fake, not genuine.
detente (noun) – restoration of harmony, agreement, compromise/understanding.
occlude (verb) – block, stop, obstruct.

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