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The ‘fake news’ fiasco – The Hindu Apr 06, 2018

Has Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Textiles and Information and Broadcasting (I&B), become an embarrassment for the government? Her fake news press release is not the first time she’s stumbled on a banana skin. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Today’s Advanced Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:

1. embarrassment (noun) – a person causing problem.
2. stumble on (verb) – encounter, find, come up with.
3. banana skin (noun) – difficulty, problem, embarrassment.
4. infrequently (adverb) – not often, rarely.
5. overrule (verb) – reject, nullify/cancel, disallow.
6. gaffe (noun) – blunder, mistake, error.
7. innocuous (noun) – harmless, inoffensive, unobjectionable .
8. enrage (verb) – make someone angry, provoke, incite.
9. admonish (verb) – censure, criticize; advise/urge.
10. triumphant (adjective) – victorious; delighted, elated.
11. run-in (noun) – argument, dispute, difference of opinion.
12. tenor (noun) – the general character of someone.
13. predecessor (noun) – forerunner, precursor, antecedent.
14. stipulate (verb) – formulate, lay down, prescribe.
15. discord (noun) – disagreement, strife/conflict, hostility.
16. undermine (verb) – weaken, compromise, diminish/reduce.
17. hold back (phrasal verb) – prevent, restrict, restrain.
18. folly (noun) – foolishness, thoughtlessness, lack of foresight.
19. compound (verb) – make worse, add to, intensify.
20. muzzle (verb) – suppress, stifle, inhibit/restrain.
21. high-handed (adjective) – arbitrary, authoritarian, oppressive/repressive.
22. suspicion (noun) – doubt/qualm, speculation, scepticism.
23. rely upon (phrasal verb) – depend on, bank on, count on.

Today’s Advanced Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary: