The Hindu Editorial (Warm up to the Valley) – Oct 12, 2019
That the Jammu and Kashmir government has withdrawn an advisory it issued on August 2 forcing tourists to leave the Valley is to be welcomed,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Warm up to the Valley) – Oct 12, 2019.
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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Warm up to the Valley) – Oct 12, 2019:
- warm up (phrasal verb) – prepare, get ready, get into condition.
- lockdown (noun) – confinement, restraint, encirclement.
- normalcy (noun) – a normal condition; normality, regularity.
- advisory (noun) – statement, declaration, message.
- naive (adjective) – denoting (someone’s) lack of experience/knowledge; inexperienced/natural, innocent.
- pretext (noun) – a false reason/excuse given to do something by hiding the true purpose (which is usually a bad one).
- turn out (phrasal verb) – transpire, emerge, appear.
- rescind (verb) – revoke, repeal, cancel/reverse.
- adventure (noun) – excitement, thrill.
- far from (phrase) – not, not at all, nowhere near.
- meagre (adjective) – small, little, modest.
- detain (verb) – hold, take into custody, arrest.
- separatist (noun) – dissident, nonconformist, sectarian.
- hyper-nationalist (adjective) – a person with extreme/excessive nationalism.
- notion (noun) – idea, belief, concept.
- water down (phrasal verb) – moderate, mitigate, tone down.
- borne out past participle of bear out (phrasal verb) – support, confirm, justify/uphold.
- stakeholder (noun) – a person with an interest in something.
- disconcerting (adjective) – discomfiting, unsettling, disturbing.
- disparate (adjective) – contrasting, different, dissimilar.
- discredit (verb) – dishonour, disrepute, ill repute, disgrace.
- shrunk (past participle of shrink) (verb) – lessen, reduce, decrease.
- proactive (adjective) – aggressive, intense, passionate.
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