Irom Sharmila’s next stand – The Hindu (July 28, 2016)
Irom Chanu Sharmila’s announcement that she would end her hunger strike on August 9 has taken almost everyone by surprise. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Word List:
- Take someone by surprise (phrase) – take aback, surprise, shock, stun.
- Undermine (verb) – subvert, weaken, impede, diminish, hinder, damage.
- Legalistic (adjective) – adhering to law.
- Obfuscate (verb) – bewilder, mystify, puzzle, perplex; obscure, confuse.
- Corrosive (adjective) – destructive, damaging, harmful.
- Allegedly (adverb) – reportedly, supposedly, purportedly, ostensibly.
- Revocation (noun) – cancellation, abandonment, calling off, recall.
- Immunity (noun) – exemption, exception, freedom, impunity; indemnity, liberty.
- Purported (adjective) – claimed, professed, pretended; alleged, asserted.
- Combat (noun) – battle, fighting, armed conflict, war.
- Insurgent (adjective) – rebellious, rebel, revolutionary; rioting.
- Extrajudicial (adjective) – out-of court, private, unauthorized/unwarranted (by law).
- Stoke (verb) – (of emotional activity) encourage, incite, increase.
- Nutrition (noun) – food, sustenance, nourishment.
- Confinement (noun) – imprisonment, internment, incarceration, custody.
- Proclaim (verb) – declare, announce, state; demonstrate, indicate, show.
- Defiantly (adverb) – Impudently, boldly, combatively.
- Oppression (noun) – persecution, ill treatment, repression, suppression.
- Tapestry (noun) – a set of complex & complicated events.
- Conscientious (adjective) – diligent, painstaking, dedicated, rigorous.
- Ironically (adverb) – paradoxically, unexpectedly, coincidentally.
- Reclaim (verb) – get/claim back, recover, retrive; save, rescue, reform.
- Objective (noun) – aim, intention, purpose, target, goal.
- Culmination (noun) – peak, pinnacle, height, highest point, top.
- Abeyance (noun) – suspension, a state of uncertainty, latency, dormancy, quiescence.
- Apathy (noun) – lack of interest, indifference, unresponsiveness, dispassion, unconcern.
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