Calming the Valley -The Hindu (July 12, 2016)

Calming the Valley -The Hindu (July 12, 2016)

Burhan Wani, the 22-year-old “commander” of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen gunned down last week by the security forces in Anantnag, was credited with mobilising a new generation of the disaffected in Jammu and Kashmir. For further reading, visit “The hindu”.

Today’s Words:

1. Calm (verb) – soothe, pacify, tranquillize.
2. Valley (noun) – an area of low land between hills or mountains (with river/stream running through it).
3. Gun down (phrasal verb) – shoot down, kill, hit, mow down.
4. Mobilise (verb) –  arouse, generate, induce, cause, bring into play.
5. Disaffected (adjective) – dissatisfied, restless, frustrated; disloyal, rebellious, insurgent.
6. Aftermath (noun) – repercussions, after-effects, by-product, fallout.
7. Pitched (adjective) – aimed/directed/set at (something/somebody).
8. Engulf (verb) –  affect, overwhelm; inundate, overflow, flow over.
9. Prize catch (noun) –  A “prize catch” is originally a fish that wins a prize for the lucky person who caught it in the sport of angling (pastime of fishing).
10. Coast (verb) – move forward/proceed/have success/progress with low/no effort.
11. Smarts (noun) – Intelligence, know-how; acumen.
12. Militancy (noun) – belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness, defiance.
13. Lethal (adjective) – fatal, deadly; dangerous, destructive, harmful.
14. Casualties (noun) – dead and injured/wounded, missing in action.
15. Bound to (past participle of bind) – certain, sure, very likely, guaranteed.
16. Siege (noun) – blockade, beleaguerment, encirclement.
17. Imperative (adjective) – all-important, vital, crucial, critical.
18. Grossly (adverb) – flagrantly, in an obviously offensive way.
19. Cause of action (noun) – In the law, a cause of action is a set of facts sufficient to justify a right to sue to obtain money, property, or the enforcement of a right against another party. (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
20. Time  and again (idiom) – frequently, often, repeatedly, again and again.
21. Impressionable (adjective) – easily influenced, easily led, persuadable, susceptible; vulnerable, exploitable.
22. Aggrieved (adjective) – resentful, affronted, discontented, angry.
23. Cycle that cannot be broken – infinite/keep repeating/nonstop event.
24. Dissuade (verb) – discourage, deter, prevent, stop, divert.
25. In mourning (noun) – grief, grieving, sorrowing, lamentation, lament.
26. Militant (noun) – activist, extremist, radical, fanatic, sectarian, partisan.
27. Spectrum (noun) – a large range (of opinions, thoughts, beliefs, people, etc).
28. Disperse (verb) – break up, split up, disband, separate; dispel, drive away, drive off, get rid of.
29. Pellet (noun) – a small bullet.
30. Counter (verb) – speak/act in opposition to; parry, answer, respond to, resort to.
31. Flesh out (phrasal verb) – expand on, add to, build on, supplement, reinforce, augment.
32. Restive (adjective) – restless, tense, uneasy; unruly, disorderly, out of control, uncontrollable.
33. Funeral (noun) – burial, interment, laying to rest, cremation.
34. Binary (noun) – something having two parts.
35. beyond the grave (noun) – beyond the death.

Note:

• Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
• Definitions (elementary level)  & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.