BNP in a bind – The Hindu (Feb 13 2018)

BNP in a bind – The Hindu (Feb 13 2018)

The sentencing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to five years of rigorous imprisonment by a special judge’s court in Dhaka on charges of corruption has upended politics in an election year. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. conviction (noun) – declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence, judgement.
2. heighten (verb) – intensify, increase, make greater.
3. upend (verb) – overturn, turn over, inverted/reversed.
4. exile (noun) – banishment, expulsion, expatriation/deportation.
5. bind (noun) – predicament, awkward/difficult  situation, problematic situation.
6. walkover (noun) – easy victory, landslide, triumph.
7. hindsight (noun) – the ability to understand a situation or event only after it has happened.
8. erosion (noun) – destruction, deterioration, spoiling/weakening.
9. embroil (verb) – involve, entangle/enmesh, catch/mix up.
10. haul (up) (verb) – drag, pull, trail forcibly;
11. weigh on (phrasal verb) – oppress, burden, trouble.
12. fortunes (noun) – condition, position/status.
13. fray (noun) – intense competitive situation, battle, fight.
14. assert (verb) – claim, affirm, insist/uphold.
15. legitimacy (noun) – conformity to the law/rules; justification.
16. externalise (verb) – attribute, ascribe, assign.
17. dissent (noun) – disagreement, lack of agreement, difference of opinion/argument.
18. right-wing (adjective) – alt-right, conservative, rightist (section of a political system).
19. up (verb) – raise, increase, make larger.
20. intimidatory (adjective) – frightening, menacing, terrifying.
21. interregnum (noun) – interim, interval , intervening time/period.
22. vituperative (adjective) – disparaging, denigratory/belittling, bitter.
23. muzzle (verb) – suppress, stifle, inhibit/restrain.
24. come to naught (phrase) – fail, founder, be unsuccessful.

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