It’s time to reimagine South Asia – The Hindu (Mar 06, 2018)

It’s time to reimagine South Asia – The Hindu (Mar 06, 2018)

A few months ago, Anjum Altaf, former dean of the prestigious Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), wrote an article in…….. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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1. blind nationalism (noun) – extreme nationalism, ultra-nationalism/patriotism (such as Nazism).
2. visceral (adjective) – full of strong emotions without any logic, not intellectual, instinctive, unreasoning.
3. stand in the way of (phrase) – prevent someone from accomplishing something.
4. by no means (phrase) – not at all, in no way, certainly not.
5. monopoly (noun) – exclusive/complete control of something.
6. drift apart (phrasal verb) – become less friendly.
7. meagre (adjective) – small, slight, poor/negligible.
8. status quo (noun) – the present situation, the current state, the existing state of affairs.
9. raise the bar (phrase) – fix/make the standards (higher) that others to meet.
10. high table (noun) – groups with most important people. It exactly means (particularly in a dining hall of a college) a table put on a raised platform for most important people.
11. egregious (adjective) – extremely bad; shocking.
12. myopic (adjective) – lacking foresight, small-minded, short-term.
13. sovereignty (noun) – supremacy, supreme power; autonomy, independence.
14. hold water (phrase) – make sense, be convincing, ring true/to seem to be correct.
15. seminal (adjective) – influential; imaginative, major/important.
16. sell (verb) – deceive, cheat, trick.
17. pipe dream (noun) – false hope, daydream, unrealizable dream.
18. take off (phrasal verb) – succeed, progress, work out.
19. accrue (verb) – arise, accumulate, grow/increase.
20. indispensable (adjective) – essential, crucial, necessary.
21. resurgent (adjective) – rising again; increasing or reviving after a period of little activity/dullness.

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