A new phase? – The Hindu (Nov 29, 2017)

A new phase? – The Hindu (Nov 29, 2017)

Nepal voted on Sunday in the first phase of parliamentary elections under its new Constitution of 2015 and with the electoral battle lines redrawn in a recently altered political landscape. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. ride on (phrasal verb) – depend on.
2. landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
3. fragment (verb) – break into pieces.
4. hammer out (phrasal verb) – work out, agree on, negotiate.
5. on the face of it (phrase) – apparently, seemingly, evidently.
6. in fits and starts (phrase) – intermittently, irregularly, now and then.
7. short-sighted (adjective) – narrow-minded, unimaginative, lacking foresight.
8. one-upmanship (noun) – the art or practice of successively outdoing (do better than) a competitor. (Courtesy:Wikipedia).
9. populism (noun) – related to policies that supposedly represent the opinions of ordinary people (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
10. politics of patronage (noun) – favouritism, nepotism, partisanship.
11. discourse (noun) – discussion, conversation, debate.
12. decentralisation (noun) – the process of distributing or dispersing functions, powers, people or things away from a central location or authority. (Courtesy:Wikipedia).
13. marginalised (adjective) – minor, insignificant/unimportant, powerless.
14. Madhesis (noun) – people who live in the flat southern region of Nepal (the Terai plains) which is also called Madhesh.
15. Janajatis (noun) – tribals, adivasis, a general term for to mean primitive (ancient) ethnic groups but very specific legally.
16. federalism (noun) – a system of government in which establishments such as states or provinces share power with a national government.
17. subsume (verb) – include, encompass, embrace.
18. fledgling (adjective) – emerging, beginning, developing.
19. political flux (noun) – changeability, variability, instability.
20. belying (present participle of belie) (verb) – fail to fulfil (an expectation).
21. foreground (verb) – highlight, bring/draw attention to.
22. polity (noun) – a state as a political entity.
23. squabble (verb) – quarrel, argue/fight, fail to agree.
24. cynical (adjective) – distrustful, disappointed; believing that people are generally selfish and dishonest (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).

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