Vocabulary on July 16, 2022 from The Guardian [Words: 1. #PARIAH, 2. #TARMAC, 3. #SUBDUED, 4. #DÉTENTE, 5. #CALIBRATE, 6. #LINCHPIN]

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Word Meanings:

1. PARIAH= জাতিচু্যত ব্যক্তি, castaway; নীচ জাতি; An outcast; persona non grata; একজন অগ্রহণযোগ্য ব্যক্তি;  leper; untouchable; undesirable;

2. TARMAC= a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar;

3. SUBDUED= দমিত; mitigated, restrained, removed, broken; পদানত; fawning, prostrate; নমিত; bent, arched, নরম বা কোমলীকৃত; প্রশমিত;

4. DETENTE = the relaxation of strained relations or tensions (as between nations); উত্তেজনাপূর্ণ সম্পর্ক শিথিলকরণ the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.

5. CALIBRATE = ব্যাসের মাপ নির্ণয় করা; mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings;  ক্রমাঙ্ক নির্ণয় করা; শক্তির পরিমাপ করা;

6. LINCHPIN=অপরিহার্য উপাদান; অপরিহার্য অংশ; part and parcel, essential, groundwork, element, main; আসল লোক বা জিনিস; a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.

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Sentences:

1. Three years after Joe Biden vowed to make Saudi Arabia a PARIAH state over the assassination of a prominent dissident, the US president greeted Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump as his administration attempts to reset relations and stabilize global oil markets.

2. Biden, however, was met on the TARMAC on Friday evening by the governor of Mecca and the Saudi ambassador to the US in a SUBDUED ceremony.

3. The choreography of Biden’s visit is being closely watched for evidence of a genuine DETENTE with Prince Mohammed.

4. The president’s four-day Middle East tour, during which he also stopped in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, is also CALIBRATED to show that the US is still committed to the security of its allies in the region in the face of a growing military threat from Iran, amid the competing influence of Russia and China.

5. Saudi Arabia, the Sunni Muslim world’s geopolitical LINCHPIN, has so far held out on formalising relations with Israel until the conflict with the Palestinians is resolved.