DAILY VOCAB DIGESTIVE (14th-APRIL-2023)

  aerial (adjective) – happening in the air.

 declassify (verb) – to declare officially that

government document/report/information is no

longer secret.

 establish (verb) – prove, demonstrate, determine,

validate, verify.

 the fact that (phrase) – used to refer to a specific

situation under consideration/discussion.

 grave (adjective) – crucial/critical,

important/significant, serious.

 conflict (noun) – war, armed conflict, battle,

fighting.

 underlying (adjective) – fundamental, basic,

primary.

 trigger (verb) – cause, give rise to, lead to, bring

about, generate, provoke, stir up.

 offensive (noun) – (of a weapon) suited for use in

attack.

 invasion (noun) – attack, offensive, onslaught,

incursion, assault.

 impose (verb) – apply, implement, enforce, force.

 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).

 allege (verb) – claim, indicate, argue; charge,

accuse.

 collective (adjective) – common, shared, joint,

combined.

 the West (noun) – The Western world/civilization

consisting of the majority of Europe & the North

America.

 seek (verb) – try, aim, attempt.

 drag on (phrasal verb) – persist, continue, go on,

carry on, linger.

 break down (phrasal verb) – fail, collapse, come to

nothing, fall through, founder.

 participation (noun) – involvement, taking part,

association.

 arms (noun) – weapons of war, weaponry, firearms,

guns, artillery, armaments.

 treaty (noun) – agreement, accord, protocol, pact,

deal.

 the Cold War (noun) – The Cold War was a state of

political and military tension after World War II

between powers in the Western Bloc (the United

States and a group of countries) and powers in the

Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and a group of

countries).

 cold war (noun) – a state of political and military

tension between two countries, especially

superpowers (i.e. the U.S. and Russia or China).

 era (noun) – time, period, epoch.

 mechanism (noun) – procedure, process, system,

method, technique.

 steadily (adverb) – gradually, in step by step

manner.

 deepen (verb) – grow, increase, intensify.

 distrust (noun) – misgiving, doubt, scepticism.

 amid (preposition) – in the middle of, surrounded

by; during.

 ongoing (adjective) – continuous, constant,

unending.

 recipe (noun) – likely cause of, source of;

means/ways (of ensuring something).

 rivalry (noun) – competition, opposition, conflict,

discord, friction, enmity.

 rule out (phrasal verb) – dismiss, reject; prevent,

exclude, eliminate.

 lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on.

 miscalculation (noun) – mistake, blunder, slip-up,

error of judgement, overestimate.

 unintended (adjective) – unplanned, unexpected,

accidental.

 escalation (noun) – intensification, aggravation,

exacerbation.

 deconfliction (noun) – the act of changing the flight

path of a craft or weapon to reduce the chance of

an accidental collision.

 hotline (noun) – a direct telephone line between

two head quarters of government for emergency &

or communication.

 theatre (noun) – place of action (i.e., war), arena.

 arrest (verb) – stop, halt, end.

 deterioration (noun) – worsening, decline, collapse,

degradation, breakdown.

 bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or

countries.

 reminiscent (adjective) – similar to, comparable

with, bearing comparison with.

 hostility (noun) – opposition, conflict, resentment,

enmity, aversion, antipathy.

 decade (noun) – a period of ten years.

 address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to

sort out.

 bring (something) to an end (phrase) – stop, finish,

complete.