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Mayawati’s risky calculus – The Hindu (Jan 28, 2017)

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Mayawati’s risky calculus – The Hindu (Jan 28, 2017)

After the shock of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections when it got no seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party has sought to forge a Dalit-Muslim alliance to revive its fortunes in the coming Assembly elections in the State. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1:

  1. calculus (noun) –  a method of calculation.
  2. forge (verb) – build/construct, create, establish.
  3. revive (verb) – reintroduce, re-establish, restore/relaunch.
  4. fray (noun) – contest, competition,
  5. sweep (verb) – win (all contests with a great majority).
  6. count on (phrasal verb) -rely on, depend on, bank on.
  7. pitch (noun) – talk, patter, persuading words.
  8. induction (noun) – introduction, admission, incorporation.
  9. put something on (phrasal verb) – organize, present, produce.
  10. the spotlight (noun) – public attention,  the focus of public interest/media attention.
  11. square off against (phrasal verb) – confront, ready to fight/face (something).
  12. expel (verb) – throw out, oust, remove.
  13. antecedent (noun) – forerunner, precursor, predecessor.
  14. rise in (verb) – originate, begin/start, emerge.
  15. consolidate (verb) – strengthen, secure, reinforce/fortify.
  16. rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
  17. accrual (noun) – growth, increase, accumulation/collection.
  18. outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out, activity/effort; involvement/influence.
  19. constitute (verb) – amount to, form, represent.
  20. counter (verb) – tackle, confront, oppose.

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