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A journey for liberty – The Hindu (Aug 16, 2016)

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A journey for liberty – The Hindu (Aug 16, 2016)

‘Jai Bhim’ and ‘Azadi, Azadi’ are the two signature slogans of the Dalit Asmita Yatra from Ahmedabad to Una that culminated in a massive rally on August 15. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

Word List:

  1. Culminate (verb) – come to a climax; come to an end with, terminate with.
  2. Affiliation (noun) – connection, association, coalition, union.
  3. En route (adverb) – on the way, on the journey, coming/going, proceeding.
  4. Shoestring (noun) – a small/inadequate (budget).
  5. Skin (verb) – remove the skin from an animal.
  6. Outrage (noun) – indignation, anger, shock, fury, resentment.
  7. Personnel (noun) – staff, employees, workforce.
  8. Sober (adjective) – serious, thoughtful, solemn, sensible.
  9. Rabble-rouse (verb) – agitate, to stir up the emotions of the public.
  10. Pledge (verb) – promise, swear, take an oath, commit, affirm.
  11. Procession (noun) – parade, march, progression; a group of people moving in an orderly way.
  12. Solidarity (noun) – unanimity, unity, like-mindedness, agreement, community of interest, harmony.
  13. Inhuman (adjective) – heartless, merciless, unkind, pitiless.
  14. Humiliating (adjective) – shameful, undignified, demeaning, embarrassing.
  15. Wrath (noun) – anger, rage, fury, indignation, outrage.
  16. Elite (noun) – a group of powerful people who has influence in a society.
  17. Discrimination (noun) – prejudice, racism, chauvinism.
  18. Resentment (noun) – bitterness, indignation, hostility, dissatisfaction, hatred, resentfulness, hard/bad feelings.
  19. Atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality/savagery, cruelty, inhumanity.
  20. Backlash (noun) – adverse reaction/response, counteraction; retaliation; fallout.
  21. Nuance (noun) – fine/subtle/delicate/minute distinction/difference.
  22. Intellectual (adjective) – rational, psychological, conceptual, theoretical.
  23. Sympathise (verb) – agree, support, favour, approve of.
  24. Patronising (adjective) – treat condescendingly, treat as inferior; condescending, superior, imperious, contemptuous.
  25. Denunciation (noun) – public condemnation; censure, rebuke, excoriation, reprimand.
  26. Myriad of (noun) – a large/great number of, magnitude.
  27. Live through (phrasal verb) – survive, endure, experience something bad, deal with difficulty.
  28. Multi-pronged (adjective) – having different aspects/elements.
  29. Superiority complex (noun) – it is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person’s feelings of superiority counter or conceal his or her feelings of inferiority (Courtesy: Wikipedia)..
  30. Inferiority (noun) – lowliness, inferior status/position.
  31. Prejudice (noun) – partiality, bigotry, bias, discrimination, inequity.
  32. Intervention (noun) – involvement, interposition; mediation, arbitration, conciliation.
  33. Fallout (noun) – bad effect/result, adverse effect/result.
  34. Isolated (adjective) – remote, outlying, in the hinterlands, inaccessible, cut-off, unreachable.
  35. Ubiquitous (adjective) – omnipresent, ever-present, everywhere, all-over.
  36. Feudalism (noun) – bondage, servitude, enslavement, subjection; the state of being a slave; it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the holding of land in exchange for service or labour. It is a social system that existed in Europe between the medieval (9th and 15th) centuries. (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
  37. Progressive (adjective) – increasing, ongoing, intensifying; radical, reforming, revolutionary.
  38. Overt (adjective) – undisguised, unconcealed, clear, noticeable, observable.
  39. Covert (adjective) – secret, furtive, concealed, hidden.
  40. Rein in (verb) – restrain, check, curb, constrain, hold back, restrict, control.
  41. Dearly (adverb) – very much, greatly, extremely; at great cost, at a high price, with great loss.

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