👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2--> 4 MAY👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial - Targeting Tehran💥

revelation (noun) – disclosure, report, announcement.
Hindu Editorial usage : Israel’s so-called revelations make no case to junk the Iran nuclear deal

junk (verb) – throw away, discard, abandon.
Hindu Editorial usage : Israel’s so-called revelations make no case to junk the Iran nuclear deal

be lost on (phrase) – fail to be noticed.
Hindu Editorial usage : The timing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Iran had a robust nuclear weapons programme is not lost on anyone

rip something up (phrasal verb) – tear (into small pieces).
Hindu Editorial usage : On Monday, Mr. Netanyahu shared thousands of documents related to Iran’s nuclear programme at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is considering ripping up the Iran nuclear deal.

deceit (noun) – deception, double-dealing/duplicity, fraud.
Hindu Editorial usage : Mr. Netanyahu argued that the documents pointed to an act of deceit on Iran’s part, a claim the U.S. immediately backed. But Israel’s opposition to the Iran deal is not new.

hostile (adjective) – aggressive, confrontational, belligerent.
Hindu Editorial usage : But with the new U.S. administration under Mr. Trump taking an increasingly hostile line towards Iran, Israel has also stepped up its attack on the nuclear deal

step up (phrasal verb) – increase, intensify, scale up.
Hindu Editorial usage : But with the new U.S. administration under Mr. Trump taking an increasingly hostile line towards Iran, Israel has also stepped up its attack on the nuclear deal

set the stage for (phrase) – prepare the circumstances for beginning of something.
Hindu Editorial usage : Mr. Netanyahu’s ‘revelations’ are clearly aimed at setting the stage for, and influencing, 

influence (verb) – affect, have an effect on.
Hindu Editorial usage : Mr. Netanyahu’s ‘revelations’ are clearly aimed at setting the stage for, and influencing, 

authentic (adjective) – genuine, real/actual, bona fide.
Hindu Editorial usage : The problem with Mr. Netanyahu’s presentation is that it relates to a pre-nuclear deal Iran. Even if the documents are authentic, they suggest that Iran had a nuclear weapons programme.

credible (adjective) – convincing, acceptable; reasonable.
Hindu Editorial usage :  the International Atomic Energy Agency too said it has no credible information to show that Iran has violated the agreement.

bolster (verb) – strengthen, support, boost/reinforce.
Hindu Editorial usage : This only bolsters the argument in favour of the deal. 

scrap (verb) – abandon, cancel, abolish (a plan/policy).
Hindu Editorial usage : In other words, the U.S. and Israel are yet to make a convincing argument on why the Iran deal should be scrapped.

pull out (phrasal verb) – withdraw, leave,  get out.
Hindu Editorial usage : But if Mr. Trump does pull the U.S. out of the pact and reimposes sanctions on Iran, that would be a disincentive for Tehran to stay in compliance with the agreement

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 
Hindu Editorial usage : But if Mr. Trump does pull the U.S. out of the pact and reimposes sanctions on Iran, that would be a disincentive for Tehran to stay in compliance with the agreement

disincentive (noun) – deterrent, discouragement, restraint.
Hindu Editorial usage : But if Mr. Trump does pull the U.S. out of the pact and reimposes sanctions on Iran, that would be a disincentive for Tehran to stay in compliance with the agreement

unravelling (noun) – unfolding, solving, resolving.
Hindu Editorial usage :  So, practically, if Mr. Trump decides to pull out of the Iran deal, it would start the unravelling of an agreement that nobody has violated.

compliance (noun) – obedience to, accordance with, adherence to.
Hindu Editorial usage :  But if Mr. Trump does pull the U.S. out of the pact and reimposes sanctions on Iran, that would be a disincentive for Tehran to stay in compliance with the agreement