The importance of being Sidhu – The Hindu (July 30, 2016)
If ever Navjot Singh Sidhu was patient or docile, it was during his cricketing days as an opener seeing off the pacers and waiting for the spinners, and not in his avatars as television commentator and politician, both characterised by plain-speaking and aggression. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Word List:
- Docile (adjective) – compliant, obedient, dutiful, passive; submissive.
- See off (phrasal verb) – deal with, to defeat, win.
- Bide one’s time (phrase) – wait patiently for a good time.
- Disaffection (noun) – dissatisfaction, discontent, frustration.
- By no means (phrase) – not at all, in no way, under no circumstances.
- Mollify (verb) – appease, pacify, conciliate, calm down.
- Oath (noun) – vow, sworn statement, promise, pledge.
- Compensation (noun) – recompense, requital, redress, restitution.
- Thus far (adverb) – so far, until now, up to this/that point.
- Account (noun) – report, narrative, news, interpretation.
- Set to (phrasal verb) – ready to / likely to (Courtesy: BBC Learning English).
- Dip into (verb) – draw on, use, make use of, have recourse to.
- The thick (noun) – midst, centre, middle, core.
- Mascot (noun) – a person/symbol of a group to bring good luck , lucky charm, charm, talisman.
- Reinforce (verb) – strengthen, fortify, bolster up; boost, assist, promote.
- Anti-incumbency – a state which is against elected officials currently in power; discontent against ruling government/ party in power.
- Agrarian (adjective) – relating to cultivating/farming.
- Menace (noun) – danger, peril, thread.
- Shed (verb) – discard, get rid of, throw out, drop, abandon.
- Outgrow (verb) – grow larger than.
- Averse (adjective) – opposed to, against; unwilling, reluctant.
- Rung (noun) – hierarchy, ranking, grading, class system/structure.
- Antidote (noun) – remedy, cure, corrective; solution.
Note:
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- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.