The Hindu Editorial (Common and minimum) – Feb 15, 2019
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- compromise (noun) – agreement, understanding, deal/accommodation.
- cohesive (adjective) – united, integrated, cooperated.
- recurring (adjective) – repetitive, recurrent, regular.
- persuasion (noun) – coercion, inducement, prompting.
- stitch (verb) – join, combine.
- motley (adjective) – diverse, sundry, disparate.
- aberration (noun) – discrepancy, deviation/departure, mistake.
- appropriate (verb) – take over, assume, acquire.
- landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
- harp on (phrasal verb) – talk or write/complain continuously and lengthy on a particular subject.
- fall short of (phrase) – be deficient, inadequate, be insufficient.
- alienate (verb) – set/drive apart, separate, disunite.
- polarisation (noun) – separation of two contrasting groups (based on different opinions/beliefs).
- rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
- show of hands (phrase) – a spectacle/display of raised hands by a group of people (to support an idea).
- take on (phrasal verb) – oppose, face, compete against.
- yield (noun) – gain, return, dividend.
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