{"id":17691,"date":"2022-04-13T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=17691"},"modified":"2023-11-10T14:43:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T09:13:41","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-apr-13-2022-day-268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-apr-13-2022-day-268\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Apr 13, 2022; Day 268"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Erosion&nbsp;<\/td><td>the fact of a good quality or situation being gradually lost or destroyed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trajectory&nbsp;<\/td><td>the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spectrum&nbsp;<\/td><td>A broad range of related objects, values, qualities, ideas or activities<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Underscore&nbsp;<\/td><td>emphasizing the importance of something<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vicissitude&nbsp;<\/td><td>natural change or mutation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unambiguous&nbsp;<\/td><td>having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Prickly&nbsp;<\/td><td>Very irritable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dwarf&nbsp;<\/td><td>Make appear small by comparison<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mount&nbsp;<\/td><td>Go upward with gradual or continuous progress<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hegemon&nbsp;<\/td><td>A leading or paramount power<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the shadow of war: On Modi-Biden virtual summit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modi and Biden must work to ensure that there is no further <strong>erosion (the fact of a good quality or situation being gradually lost or destroyed) <\/strong>of the rules-based international order<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden have held a virtual summit meeting before kicking off the India and the U.S. \u20182+2\u2019 meetings, discussions covering foreign and defence policies, respectively, in the bilateral space. On the one hand these high-level discussions represent continuity in the upward <strong>trajectory (the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time) <\/strong>of India-U.S. cooperation across a deep <strong>spectrum (A broad range of related objects, values, qualities, ideas or activities) <\/strong>of bilateral cooperative engagement; yet on the other they <strong>underscore (emphasizing the importance of something) <\/strong>the importance of the world\u2019s largest and oldest democracies re-engaging in consultations at a time when the war in Ukraine has cast a cloud of uncertainty across the world stage. Although there are marked differences between their strategic positions since Russia\u2019s invasion, the summit meeting served as an opportunity to emphasise areas where they shared a similar view, most notably in their condemnation of violence against civilians in Ukrainian cities. However, there was a large policy agenda to catch up on following the intervening <strong>vicissitudes (natural change or mutation) <\/strong>of the COVID-19 pandemic \u2014 including global challenges relating to public health, space and technology cooperation, territorial, maritime, and cyber security, and the climate crisis. Beyond these specific sectors, where India-U.S. cooperation has a potential to improve the lives of millions, one of the highest priorities was to ensure that there is no further erosion of the rules-based international order as it applies to the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, whether in relation to the Indo-Pacific or bilateral defence and energy cooperation, Mr. Modi and Mr. Biden must have found it hard, if not impossible, to avoid the subject of Russia. Moscow remains New Delhi\u2019s largest supplier for defence imports, and the unilateral sanctions imposed by the U.S. for trade with Russian entities could impact India\u2019s procurement plans unless there is an <strong>unambiguous (having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion) <\/strong>waiver granted for the same. Nowhere does this apply more prominently than in the case of India\u2019s $5.5 billion purchase of the S-400 anti-missile system from Russia, a move that falls under the U.S. Countering America\u2019s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Also, the Modi government appeared <strong>prickly (Very irritable) <\/strong>regarding its oil imports from Russia too, with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar implying at a post-meeting press event that Washington\u2019s attention in this regard ought to focus on European imports of Russian energy first, which <strong>dwarfed (Make appear small by comparison) <\/strong>India\u2019s. As human rights violations and apparent war crimes <strong>mount (Go upward with gradual or continuous progress) <\/strong>in the Ukraine war, India, which seeks recognition as a principled voice and responsible power on the global stage, may have to tread a fine line regarding its strategic backing of Russia. However, the U.S. position on India is no less delicate, as it relies on close ties and a strong record of bilateral cooperation with New Delhi to balance China\u2019s aspiration to be and act as a regional <strong>hegemon (A leading or paramount power)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep your vocabulary updated with the help of our articles where we highlight 10 difficult words\/ phrases and explain their contextual sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,1480,1732,9,2,19,31,18,1773,16,23,1734,47],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-17691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecgc-po","category-esic-mts","category-esic-sso","category-esic-udc","category-rbi-assistant","category-rbi-grade-b","category-sbi-clerk","category-sebi-grade-a","category-sidbi-grade-a","category-ssc-cgl","category-ssc-chsl","category-ssc-mts","category-vocabulary","tag-editorials-difficult-words-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Apr 13, 2022; 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