Talk is good – The Hindu (Oct 25, 2017)

Talk is good – The Hindu (Oct 25, 2017)

The Centre’s announcement of an interlocutor to initiate dialogue within Jammu and Kashmir is a welcome step that has the potential to arrest the dangerous drift in the Valley since….. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. interlocutor (noun) – a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.
2. arrest (verb) – stop, block, restrict.
3. drift (verb) – a development towards an unwelcoming one; disorientation, adrift, confusion.
4. more so (phrase) – indicating a greater degree/extent of the quality/attribute in question.
5. check (something) off (phrasal verb) – mark/tick off.
6. facilitate (verb) – make easy/enable, assist, expedite.
7. stakeholder (noun) – a person with an interest in something.
8. binding (adjective) – compulsory, imperative, mandatory/necessary.
9. latitude (noun) – freedom, scope, leeway/flexibility.
10. confer (with) (verb) – consult, have discussions, exchange opinions.
11. outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.
12. reins (noun) – the power (to direct and control).
13. assuredly (adverb) – boldly, confidently, securely.
14. indiscriminate (adjective) – thoughtless, careless/aimless, casual.
15. polarize (verb) – to divide into two different contrasting  groups/beliefs, etc,.
16. valorisation (noun) – the increase in the value of something.
17. slain (past participle of slay) (verb) – kill, murder, put/do to death.
18. heed (noun) – attention, notice, consideration.
19. diffuse (adjective) – protracted, roundabout/overlong, wordy.
20. deteriorate (verb) – worsen, get worse, decline.
21. ceasefire (noun) – truce; a temporary stoppage of a war.
22. fritter away (phrasal verb) – squander, waste, misuse.
23. poignant (adjective) – affecting/touching, moving, emotional.
24. militancy (noun) – belligerency, combativeness, contentiousness/defiance.
25. mystify (verb) – bewilder, puzzle, perplex/confuse.
26. braid-chopping (noun) – an act of cutting the hair (which is interwoven into three or more strands).
27. rein in (verb) – restrict, control, regulate.
28. hardliner (noun) – a group/a political party with people who support a strict ideas and they are extreme & uncompromising.
29. conciliatory (adjective) – propitiatory, appeasing, pacifying/peacemaking.

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