Shattered dreams – The Hindu (Sep 13, 2017)
Nearly 800,000 people in the U.S. now face the possibility of losing their jobs, driver’s licences and university seats and even of being deported to a country that… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)
- shattered (adjective) – shell-shocked, distressed; heartbroken.
- crack down on (phrasal verb) – get tough on, take severe measures against, clampdown on.
- limbo (noun) – void; unfinished, incomplete.
- deport (verb) – expel, banish, exile.
- looming (adjective) – threatening, imminent, impending.
- cohort (noun) – group, generation, category/section.
- rescind (verb) – revoke, repeal, cancel/reverse.
- uproot (verb) – eradicate, eliminate, abolish.
- sympathetic (adjective) – in favour of, approving of, supportive of.
- pass the buck (phrase) – transfer/move the responsibility for something to someone else.
- lasting (adjective) – enduring, long-lasting, long-lived.
- come up with (phrasal verb) – produce, devise, propose/put forward.
- piecemeal (adjective & adverb) – a little at a time, bit by bit, in stages.
- encapsulate (verb) – summarize, sum up, precis.
- underpin (verb) – support, buttress, form (a basis).
- elude (verb) – evade, avoid/dodge, escape.
- comprehensive (adjective) – wide-ranging/all-inclusive, complete.
- bipartisan (adjective) – involving cooperation between two (opposite & big) political parties.
- gaping (adjective) – vast/huge, wide, broad.
- modicum (noun) – little bit, small amount, particle.
- solace (noun) – comfort, consolation/relief, support.
- foster (verb) – encourage, promote, support.
- partisan (adjective) – biased, prejudiced, one-sided.
- bicker (verb) – squabble, argue; quarrel/disagree.
- despise (verb) – detest, hate, deplore/dislike.
- hostile (adjective) – antagonistic/aggressive, confrontational.
- polarisation (noun) – two contrasting groups (by division).
- electorate (noun) – all the people who entitled to vote in an election.
- sustainable (adjective) – maintainable, valid, reliable/dependable.
- remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.
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