Mayawati’s risky calculus – The Hindu (Jan 28, 2017)
After the shock of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections when it got no seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party has sought to forge a Dalit-Muslim alliance to revive its fortunes in the coming Assembly elections in the State. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-1:
- calculus (noun) – a method of calculation.
- forge (verb) – build/construct, create, establish.
- revive (verb) – reintroduce, re-establish, restore/relaunch.
- fray (noun) – contest, competition,
- sweep (verb) – win (all contests with a great majority).
- count on (phrasal verb) -rely on, depend on, bank on.
- pitch (noun) – talk, patter, persuading words.
- induction (noun) – introduction, admission, incorporation.
- put something on (phrasal verb) – organize, present, produce.
- the spotlight (noun) – public attention, the focus of public interest/media attention.
- square off against (phrasal verb) – confront, ready to fight/face (something).
- expel (verb) – throw out, oust, remove.
- antecedent (noun) – forerunner, precursor, predecessor.
- rise in (verb) – originate, begin/start, emerge.
- consolidate (verb) – strengthen, secure, reinforce/fortify.
- rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
- accrual (noun) – growth, increase, accumulation/collection.
- outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out, activity/effort; involvement/influence.
- constitute (verb) – amount to, form, represent.
- counter (verb) – tackle, confront, oppose.
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