The Hindu Editorial (Alien versus alien) – May 15, 2018

In Assam, where illegal migration, in fact as well as in exaggeration, has defined the political landscape since the 1980s, public hearings and meetings held by a Joint Parliamentary Committee over the… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Alien versus alien) – May 15, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Alien versus alien) – May 15, 2018:  

1. alien (noun) – migrant/immigrant, non-native, foreigner.
2. disquiet (noun) – concern/unease, distress, worry.
3. exaggeration (noun) – overstatement, magnification, dramatization/hyperbole.
4. landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
5. inevitably (adverb) – automatically, certainly, definitely.
6. charged (adjective) -relating to something filled with emotion or tension.
7. legitimacy (noun) – conformity (to the law/rules); justification, validity.
8. preclude (verb) – prevent, prohibit, block/exclude.
9. run-up to (noun) – a period/time before an important event.
10. persecute (verb) – victimize, punish, mistreat/oppress. persecution (noun) – ill treatment/hostility, discrimination, oppression.
11. regard (verb) – heed, pay attention to, take notice of.
12. deport (verb) – expel, banish, exile (a foreigner from a country). deportation (noun) – expulsion/expelling, banishment, exile.
13. detractor (noun) – critic, fault-finder, censurer.
14. consensus (noun) – an idea or opinion that is shared by all the people in a group. agreement, concurrence.
15. forge (verb) – build, form, create.
16. accord (noun) – agreement, consensus, cooperation.
17. discriminatory (adjective) – biased, unfair, prejudiced.
18. flee (verb) – run away, take flight, escape.
19. stem from (phrasal verb) – originate from, arise from, come from.
20. chauvinism (noun) – excessive patriotism/nationalism, jingoism, xenophobia.
21. conflate (verb) – combine, condense, shorten.
22. duress (noun) – compulsion, force, pressure.
23. humanitarian (adjective) – compassionate, humane, civilized.
24. onus (noun) – responsibility, duty, burden.
25. modality (noun) – a particular method or procedure.
26. assumption (noun) – belief, thought, inference/speculation.

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