The Hindu Editorial (Eyes wide shut) – Nov 05, 2018

It would be facile to see the gunning down of five Bengali men in Bisonimukh-Kherbari, near Tinsukia in Upper Assam, on November 1 as an isolated act of violence. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Eyes wide shut) – Nov 05, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Eyes wide shut) – Nov 05, 2018:

1. eyes wide shut (phrase) –  being non-receptive to the information.
2. unrest (noun) – disruption, disturbance, disorder.
3. polarisation (noun) – separation of two contrasting groups (based on different opinions/beliefs).
4. facile (adjective) – effortless, easy, undemanding/unchallenged.
5. gun down (phrasal verb) – shoot down, kill, execute.
6. periodic (adjective) – regular, periodical, recurrent.
7. symptomise (verb) – be a symptom/sign of.
8. fault line (noun) – a divisive issue, a difference of opinion.
9. schism (noun) – division, split, rift.
10. draw to a close (phrase) – to come to an end.
11. counterpart (noun) – a person who serves the same job/function but in a different location; equivalent.
12. advocate (verb) – support, champion, uphold.
13. grounds (noun) – reason, cause, basis.
14. kernel (noun) – essential part, fundamental, basic.
15. unequivocally (adverb) – clearly, graphically, without any doubt.
16. hedge (verb) – surround, enclose, encircle.
17. ensue (verb) – result, follow, emerge/develop.
18. shrill (adjective) – (of voice) high pitched and loud.
19. rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
20. spill over (phrasal verb) – (something like an emotion/bad condition) reaching to an uncontrolled level.
21. emanate from (verb) – emerge, flow, pour.
22. stray (adjective) – random, accidental/unexpected, casual.
23. harass (verb) – hound, bother, trouble (continuously & harshly).
24. grim (adjective) – very serious, stern, threatening.
25. surcharged (adjective) – relating to the excessive tension/emotion.
26. thus (far) (submodifier) – so far, until now, to this point.
27. handiwork (noun) – action, work, product.
28. accommodative (adjective) – accommodating, cooperative, helpful.
29. accommodation (noun) – compromise/settlement; adjustment, adaptation.
30. ethnicity (noun) – a category of people who identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences.
31. permeate (verb) – pervade/penetrate, spread/pass through, fill.

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