03/12/2018
Prompt (verb) – cause, motivate, urge (संवाद बताना)
Scholar (noun) – intellectual, academic, learned person (शिष्य)
Cleric (noun) – a religious leader (पुरोहित)
Descent (noun) – deterioration, decline, degeneration (आक्रमण)
Chaos (noun) – disorder, disruption, confusion (अव्यवस्था)
Blow up (phrasal verb) – explode, detonate, go off (भड़काना)
Seditious (adjective) – provocative, agitational (उपद्रवी)
Allude to (verb) – refer to, imply, mention (सूचना करना)
Hardline (adjective) – (कट्टरपंथ)
Venerate (verb) – revere, respect (सम्मान करना)
Sacrilegious (adjective) – irreverent, irreligious, disrespectful (पवित्र वस्तु दूषक)
Extremist (noun) – especially one who advocates illegal, violent, or other extreme action (तीव्रवादी)
Deteriorate (verb) – worsen, decline, degenerate (विकृत होना)
Markedly (adverb) – apparently, noticeably, significantly (सुस्पष्ट रूप से)
Stalemate (noun) – deadlock, impasse (स्थिति में अवरोध)
Backer (noun) – supporter, upholder, defender (प्रोत्साहक)
Look for (phrasal verb) – search for, try to find, seek (खोज करना)
Envoy (noun) – ambassador, diplomat, consul (राजदूत)
Insurgency (noun) – uprising, revolt, rebellion (विद्रोह)
Pullout (noun) – departure, withdrawal, exit
Ceasefire (noun) – a temporary stoppage of a war, truce, armistice (युद्धविराम)
Seize the moment/day (phrase) – to make the most of today
Negotiate (verb) – discuss terms, hold talks, discuss a settlement (समझौता करना)
A tall ask/order (phrase) – tough, exacting, difficult
Conviction (noun) – sentence (दोषसिद्धि)
Glimmer (noun) – faint sign, trace, hint (टिमटिमाहट)
Pogrom (noun) – massacre/mass killing, carnage (सामूहिक हत्या)
Perpetrator (noun) – someone who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities (अपराधकर्ता)
Resurrect (verb) – revive, restore, re-establish (पुनर्जीवित होना)
Brush aside (phrasal verb) – dismiss, disregard, ignore (नज़रअंदाज़ करना)
Discrepancy (noun) – inconsistency, difference (असहमति)
Testimony (noun) – proof, evidence, witness (घोषणा)
Cogent (adjective) – valid, effective (आवश्यक)
Suck into (verb) – involve in, draw into, implicate in (में फँसना)
Frenzy (noun) – turmoil, agitation (उम्मीद)
Assassination (noun) – murder, killing (गुप्तघात)
Sectarian (adjective) – denoting a sect, factional, partisan (सांप्रदायिक)
Prosecutor (noun) – a person, especially a public official (अभियोगपक्ष का वकील)
Seldom (adverb) – hardly, rarely, almost never (कभी-कभी)
Nail (verb) – catch, capture, arrest (किला जड़ना)
Henchman (noun) – helper, supporter, assistant (अनुगामी)
Impunity (noun) – immunity, special treatment (छुटकारा)
Butcher (noun) – murderer, killer, assassin (कसाई)
Hamper (verb) – hinder, impede, restrict (रुकावट डालना)
Connive (verb) – disregard, overlook, deliberately ignore (उपेक्षा करना)
Excruciating (adjective) – torturing, afflicting, distressing (कष्टदायी)
Manipulate (verb) – falsify, misrepresent (चालाकी से काम करना)
Shoddy (adjective) – improper (घटिया)
Acquit (verb) – discharge, release, declare innocent (दोषमुक्त करना)
Evade (verb) – elude, avoid, dodge (टाल देना)
Efflux (noun) – discharge, emanation (समाप्ति)
Impediment (noun) – hindrance, obstruction, barrier (अवरोध)