Answering Pakistan’s provocations – The Hindu (Aug 17, 2016)
Prime Ministers have often used the Independence Day speech to answer threats and provocations from Pakistan. Atal Bihari Vajpayee famously addressed Pakistanis directly from the ramparts of Red Fort in 1999….. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Word List:
- Provocation (noun) – stirring, agitation, incitement, inducement.
- Rampart (noun) – fortification, defensive wall, bastion, outwork.
- Call on (phrasal verb) – appeal to, ask, request; demand, urge.
- Folly (noun) – foolishness, stupidity, recklessness, responsibility.
- Foment (verb) – instigate, incite, provoke, agitate, stir up.
- Tenure (noun) – incumbency, term of office, term, period of/in office.
- Deliberate (adjective) – intentional, calculated, wilful; conscious, careful.
- Refrain (verb) – abstain, desist, hold back, withhold; stop.
- Vow (noun) – pledge, promise, covenant, affirmation, assurance.
- Atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality/savagery, cruelty, inhumanity.
- Abandon (verb) – renounce, relinquish, dispense with, discard.
- Nicety (noun) – fine point, cause, factor, detail.
- Advocate (verb) – recommend, support, champion, advise, favour.
- Intervention (noun) – involvement, interposition; mediation, arbitration, conciliation.
- Decree (verb) – order, command, rule, pronounce, proclaim.
- Vitiate (verb) – spoil, impair.
- Shabby (adjective) – contemptible, shameful, unfair, unkind.
- Taunt (noun) – angry remark, jeer, gibe, insult, barb.
- Deflect (verb) – divert, avert; distract, deviate.
- Bound in – Past and past participle of Bind (verb) – fix/tie together.
- Tit-for-tat (phrase) – retaliation, counterattack; revenge, vengeance, retribution.
- Invoke (verb) – evoke, elicit, induce, cause, kindle.
- Humanely (adverb) – compassionately, benevolently, considerately, thoughtfully.
- Instigation (noun) – initiation, incitement, provocation, stirring up.
- War of words (phrase) – non stop and hostile debate/argument.
- Sought to – Past and past participle of Seek (verb) – try, attempt, endeavour, aim.
Note:
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