Look who’s stalking – The Hindu (July 05, 2016)
The brutal hacking in broad daylight of S. Swathi, a young Infosys employee, at Chennai’s Nungambakkam railway station has shone a harsh light on public safety in the city. The murder has, expectedly, reinforced a sense of insecurity. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Stalk (verb) – pursue, woo, court, chase, follow, watch consistently; persecute, harass, annoy, bother, trouble persistently.
- Hack (verb) – cut, chop, hew, lop, saw.
- Shine a harsh light (phrase) – (figuratively) exposes and draws attention to.
- Reinforce (verb) – support, strengthen, fortify, bolster up.
- Insecurity (noun) – lack of confidence, self-doubt, humbleness, timidity, uncertainty, nervousness; vulnerability, lack of protection, peril, danger, riskiness.
- Nab (verb) – arrest a suspect.
- Restore (verb) – reinstate, put back, bring back, re-institute.
- Underline (verb) – emphasize, stress, highlight, accentuate.
- Encounter (verb) – meet, run into, come across, stumble on; experience, come across, face, confront.
- Continuum (noun) – a series of things with a particular quality, but by differed minute angles.
- Crack down (verb) – clampdown, getting tough. severe measures, suppression.
- Hindsight (noun) – understanding of an event only after it has happened.
- Courting (noun) – go out together, keep company, go out, make love, date.
- Condition (verb) – train, teach, educate, coach, tutor, guide.
- Figures of authority – parents (at home), teachers (in schools & colleges), employer (at the workplace), police (in the public place).
- Corrosive (adjective) – destructive, damaging, harmful, harsh.
- Nudge out (verb) – push out, expel, knock out, get rid of.
- Imprisonment (noun) – incarceration, confinement, detention, custody, captivity.
- Conviction (noun) – declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence, judgement.
- Foster (verb) – encourage, promote, endorse, stimulate, support.
- Disinterest (noun) – dispassion, indifference, lack of interest, lack of curiosity, lack of concern, lack of care, apathy.
Note:
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