13/09/2016
Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 13th September 2016
Topic 1 : "State of the Congress campaign"
Campaign - work in an organized and active way towards a goal
Roll through - to be at attendance at an event
In advance of something - before something
Keep the spotlight on something - to attract attention to something
Flutter - a short period of excited activity
Rural Folk - people of the countryside
Sit around - to spend time sitting down and doing nothing
Informally - not officially
Took off - to remove something
Subsequent - happening after something else
Wisecrack - a joke or clever remark that upsets or annoys you
Flight - an act of escape, running away, or avoiding something
Dovetailed - to fit together, or to work together well
Acute - very serious
Distress - a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain
Amplify - to increase the size or effect of something
Freebie - something that is given to you as a free gift, especially as a way of attracting your support for or interest in something
Charpoy - a bed used especially in India consisting of a frame strung with tapes or light rope
Flamboyant - very confident in behaviour, and liking to be noticed by other people, for example because of the way you dress, talk, etc
Dupe - to deceive / cheat someone
Defaulters - people who does not pay interest or other money that they owe
Pot shot - a criticism that is rather unfair or that is made only to make someone look bad
Indiscriminate - done without considering who or what you harm or damage
foes - enemies
Strategy - a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry, or sport
Calibrated - adjusted
Succeeding - to achieve something that you have been aiming for
Avowed - publicly claimed or promised
Backing - supporting
Primary - most important
Spokesperson - someone whose job is to officially represent an organization, for example in dealing with journalists
Electorate - all the people who are allowed to vote in an election
Aspiration - something that you want to achieve
Roadshows - a series of public events, each of which happens in a different place
Obvious - easy to see, recognize, or understand
Mobilisation - a group of people coming together in order to achieve something
Uncertain - not clearly known or understood
Fare better - performed better
For instance - for example
Giant - a very successful and powerful person or organization
Witless - stupid or showing no intelligence
Moderating - to make something less serious
Unveil - to announce something officially that was previously a secret
Cohesive - combining well to form a strong well-organized unit
Inclusive - an inclusive group or organization tries to include many different types of people and treat them all fairly and equally
Manifesto - a formal statement expressing the aims and plans of a group or organization, especially a political party
Topic 2 :"They are the world"
Finding - a piece of information that is discovered during an official examination of a problem, situation, or object
Uprooted - to remove a person from their home or usual environment
Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
Refugee - someone who leaves their country, especially during a war or other threatening event
Migrant - someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work
Grimmer - unpleasant and worrier
Displaced - to force something or someone out of its usual or original position
Fled - to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear
Starkness - seriousness
Brutal - extremely violent
Impact - an effect / influence
Segment - part
Little - a small amount (almost nothing
Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
Vulnerable - weak or easy to hurt physically or mentally
Landmark - a major event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process and makes progress possible
Ruling - an official decision made by a court or by someone in a position of authority
Conscription - the process of making people join the armed forces
Tribunal - a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type
Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
Armed group - a group of people carrying weapons, especially guns
Conviction - a decision by a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime
Warlord - a military leader who controls a country or, more often, an area within a country
Against the backdrop of something- to describe what’s going on in the background or surrounding context when something else happens
Dramatic - sudden and surprising
Halving - to reduce something to half its original size, number, or amount
Infant mortality - the death of children under the age of one year
Trafficking - the activity of buying and selling goods or people illegally
Exploitation - unfair treatment of someone
Overshadowed - to be a negative feature or influence that spoils something
Portending - to be a sign or warning of something that will happen
Paradoxically - used for saying that something is strange because it is the opposite of what you expect
Comprehensive - including many details of something
Swift - happening quickly or immediately
Sweeping - affecting many things or people; large
Unlikely - not going to happen
Yield - to produce
Tangible - important and noticeableScarce - not easy to find or get
Underlying - used to describe something on which something else is based
Compelling - interesting or exciting enough to keep your attention completely
Realpolitik - politics based on practical ideas rather than moral ideas
Impede - to make it more difficult for someone to do something
Evident - easy to see, notice, or understand
Combating - to do something in order to try to stop something bad from happening or a bad situation from becoming worse
Delineation - to describe something in a simple way
Antecedents - someone or something existing or happening before, especially as the cause or origin of something existing or happening later:
Dispense - to provide something such as a service, especially officially
Pragmatic - involving practical results rather than theories and ideas
Prima facie - based on what seems to be true, before a situation has been examined in detail
Imperative - extremely important or urgent
Regards
Prof.Rajinder Goyal
Apex Education Bathinda