The Hindu Editorial (Bring in the experts) – Jan 07, 2019

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1. cloud (verb) – confuse, muddle, make unclear.
2. murky (adjective) – questionable, suspicious, dubious,/mysterious.
3. premise on (verb) – base on (something).
4. notion (noun) – idea, belief, conception.
5. manipulate (verb) – falsify, distort/alter, misrepresent,.
6. sinister (adjective) – disturbing, menacing; corrupt, bad/criminal.
7. distrust (noun) – mistrust, suspicion, lack of confidence.
8. randomness (noun) – unpredictability/abnormality, oddness, eccentricity.
9. yearning (noun) – longing, desire/wish, appetite.
10. phenomena (noun) – plural form of phenomenon (phenomenon – occurrence, event, happening).
11. underlying (adjective) – fundamental, basic, primary.
12. breeding ground (noun) – a place/situation/condition for the development/rising of something.
13. astonishingly (adverb) – surprisingly, amazingly.
14. call for (phrasal verb) – require, publicly ask/necessitate, demand.
15. blindfold (verb) – deprive of, strip of (someone’ sight by a piece of cloth tied over someone’s eyes).
16. blank (noun) – empty space, vacuum/void, emptiness.
17. demise (noun) – death, passing away, expiry.
18. eminently (adverb) – very, greatly, highly.
19. debilitating (adjective) – weakening, exhausting, impairing/paralyzing.
20. matrix (noun) – pattern, form; environment/situation.
21. deposition (noun) – statement, affirmation, assertion/attestation.
22. as far as (phrase) – to the degree/extent that.
23. perplexing (adjective) – confusing, puzzling, baffling/bewildering.
24. a new lease of life (phrase) – an improved and energetic life after making something better than before.
25. conspiracy (noun) – secret plan, collusion, intrigue, collaboration.
26. get away from (phrasal verb) – escape, elude/dodge, get rid of.
27. faction (noun) – sect, group, division.
28. elusive (adjective) – difficult to find; subtle, indistinct/intangible.

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