New Year’s-eve tragedy in Turkey – The Hindu (Jan 03, 2017)

New Year’s-eve tragedy in Turkey – The Hindu (Jan 03, 2017)

The New Year’s-eve attack on an Istanbul nightclub that killed at least 39 people, mostly foreigners including two Indians, is yet another reminder of the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Turkey. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2:

1. deteriorate (verb) – worsen, decline; spoil.
2. ambassador (noun) – envoy, diplomat, representative.
3. Caliphate (noun) – (Arabic: khilāfa) is an area containing an Islamic steward known as a caliph (Arabic: khalīfah), chief Muslim ruler-a person considered a religious successor to the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
4. upmarket (adjective) – high-class, fashionable, made for rich/affluent/upper-class people.
5. booming (adjective) – flourishing, thriving, prospering.
6. descend into (verb) – degenerate, deteriorate, decline, fall/drop.
7. chaos (noun) – disorder, disruption, confusion.
8. blowback (noun) – the unexpected (bad & harmful) outcomes of a political situation.
9. turn out  (phrasal verb) – transpire, emerge; happen/occur.
10. monumental (adjective) – terrible/awful; huge/enormous, staggering.
11. inadvertently (adverb) – accidentally, unintentionally; mistakenly. 
12. folly (noun) – foolishness, thoughtlessness, lack of foresight.
13. autonomous (adjective) – self-governing/ruling, independent, sovereign.
14. in the wake of (phrase) – as a result of, as a consequence of, aftermath.
15. ceasefire (noun) – truce; a temporary stoppage of a war.
16. kick off (phrasal verb) – start, begin; initiate/introduce.
17. a tight spot (phrase) – a difficult/problematic/controversial situation.
18. curtail (verb) – reduce, decrease; restrict.
19. authoritarian (adjective) – autocratic, dictatorial, draconian.
20. crackdown (noun) – clampdown, getting tough, suppression.
21. dissent (noun) – disagreement, argument/dispute; disapproval.
22. polarize (verb) – divide or cause to divide (into two sharply contrasting groups).
23. fragility (noun) – vulnerability, riskiness, unreliability.

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