Splendid goal – The Hindu (Oct 30, 2017)

Splendid goal – The Hindu (Oct 30, 2017)

The first FIFA event on Indian soil has been an unqualified success. The Under-17 World Cup came to a close on Saturday with a riveting final in Kolkata, the quality of the football exemplifying what the competition had been all about. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. splendid (adjective) – excellent, wonderful, magnificent.
2. grassroots (adjective) – the very basic level of an activity.
3. riveting (adjective) – compelling, fascinating, engrossing.
4. exemplify (verb) – typify, epitomise, demonstrate/symbolise.
5. dour (adjective) – stern, serious, forbidding.
6. spectacle (noun) – display/show, performance, exhibition.
7. in the making (phrase) – budding, coming, growing, developing.
8. turnout (noun) – output, getup, show/gather.
9. throng (verb) – fill, pack into, cram into.
10. behold (verb) – see, observe, view/watch.
11. turf (noun) – grass, lawn. 
12. by and large (phrase) – on the whole, in general, altogether/overall.
13. legacy (noun) – effect/outcome, repercussion, footprint.
14. sort of (phrase) – to some extent, somewhat, moderately. 
15. embarrass (verb) – upset, discomfit, distress. 
16. household name (noun) – celebrity, famous/very important person, super star.
17. tipping point (noun) – the point in a condition at which a small development/change causes major & unstoppable changes.
18. seize (verb) – take, grab, grasp.
19. hitherto (adverb) – previously, formerly, earlier, so/thus far.
20. nonexistent (adjective) –  imaginary, unreal/unpresent, fictional.

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