Mr. Singh in Islamabad – The Hindu (Aug 06, 2016)
As the dust starts to settle after the controversies surrounding Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Pakistan, a sense of proportion is urgently needed.. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Word List:
- Snowball (verb) – to cause, to increase, to grow intensity/importance (of something).
- Show up (verb) – appear, arrive, come, be present.
- Wise (adjective) – sensible, prudent; sage; well judged.
- Stake (noun) – share, interest, involvement, concern.
- Viability (noun) – practicability, workability, achievability, attainability.
- Hostility (noun) – unfriendliness, aggressiveness, hatred; opposition, resentment, aversion.
- Rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole; expression, command of language.
- Counterpart (noun) – a person who serves the same job/function but in a different location; equivalent, opposite number, peer, equal.
- Desist from (verb) – abstain, refrain, stop, cease, discontinue.
- Play to the gallery (idiom) – instead of doing his/her job, is keen on winning popularity. (Courtesy: The Hindu).
- Martyr (noun) – a person killed for his (political or religious) beliefs.
- Snub (noun) – rebuff, insult, repulse, humiliation.
- Media blackout (noun) – (on the media by govt.) suppression, censorship, reporting restrictions, cut-off.
- Give it a miss (idiom) – avoid, keep/stay away from, circumvent.
- Rebuff (noun) – rejection, snub; refusal, spurning, repudiation, repulsion.
- Immaterial (adjective) – irrelevant, unimportant, inconsequential, insignificant.
- Aside (noun) – digression, incidental remark, deviation, departure.
- Nuanced (adjective) – delicate, minute, subtle, exact, accurate.
- Nitpicking (noun) – fussy, fault-finding, pedantry, criticism, complaining.
- Provocation (noun) – goading, agitation, incitement, irritation; affront.
- Retort (noun) – answer, reply, response, counter.
- Undermine (verb) – subvert, weaken, impede, diminish, hinder, damage.
- Scant (adjective) – little, minimal, negligible, meagre.
- Unchecked (adjective) – endless, unrestricted, unrestrained, uncontrolled.
- Pettiness (noun) – insignificancy, triviality, littleness, immateriality.
Note:
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