The Hindu Editorial (A way out) – Sep 18, 2024

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The Hindu Editorial (A way out) – Sep 18, 2024:

a way out (noun) – a method of dealing with a problem; solution.
enable (verb) – permit, validate, authorize, facilitate.
hold (verb) – have, arrange, organize, convene.
talks (noun) – discussion, dialogue, meeting, negotiation, deliberation, consultation, conversation.
concede (verb) – acknowledge, accept, allow, admit, agree, recognize.
call (noun) – demand, plea, request, appeal.
official (noun) – officer, bureaucrat, functionary, office-holder, executive.
urge (verb) – advise, recommend, suggest; appeal, encourage, call on.
for someone’s sake (phrase) – benefit, advantage, good/gain, interest.
seek (verb) – try to obtain, strive for, go for; request, ask for, appeal for, call on.
colleague (noun) – fellow worker, co-worker, workmate.
cease (verb) – stop, discontinue, shut down, come to an end.
agitation (noun) – (public) protest.
civil society (noun) – civil society refers to space for collective action around shared interests, purposes, and values, generally distinct from government and commercial for-profit actors. It refers to a wide array of organizations: community groups, non-governmental organizations [NGOs], labour unions, indigenous groups, charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, and foundations. Civil society – sometimes called the “third sector” (after government and commerce) – has the power to influence the actions of elected policy-makers and businesses.
grassroots (plural noun) – the most basic level of an organisation.
morph into (verb) – change, transform, alter.
movement (noun) – campaign, crusade, push, drive.
besides (preposition) – apart from, other than, barring, excluding.
reclaim the night (noun) – a global protest for a women’s right to be free from sexual violence; a global protest to reclaim the freedom for women to move in public spaces in the night.
lay siege to (phrase) – to surround a fortified place in an attempt to force the people there to come out.
call off (phrasal verb) – cancel, abandon, drop, withdraw, shelve.
pelt (verb) – (of rain) pour very heavily.
pelting (adjective) – pouring (very heavily).
all across (phrase) – in every part of a particular place.
flock (verb) – assemble, gather, come/get together.
attendant (noun) – assistant, aide.
pitch in (phrasal verb) – to join together and start doing something (an activity) as a group.
strain (noun) – pressure, demand, burden, tension, stress; fatigue, exhaustion, tiredness, pressure of work.
clamour (noun) – protest, complaint, outcry/commotion.
suburb (noun) – outlying part of a city.
footfall (noun) – the number of people entering an area in a given time.
on hold (phrase) – postpone, put off, hold off, defer, delay, suspend, shelve.
impasse (noun) – deadlock, stalemate, checkmate, stand-off.
acute (adjective) – serious, severe, critical, dangerous, terrible, awful.
trust deficit (noun) – lack of trust (on authorities-from societal point of view). Situations with low levels of trust are not supportive and often counterproductive. People feel vulnerable and look at each other with suspicion. As a result, they are less open, since they fear that they will not be fairly treated by the other side.
whiff (noun) – trace, hint, note.
cover-up (noun) – concealment, whitewash, suppression, false front.
take over (phrasal verb) – assume control of, take charge of.
alienate (verb) – set apart, isolate, distance, detach, separate, disunite; estrange, make hostile/make unfriendly.
address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.
willpower (noun) – determination, resolve, firmness, resolution, courage.
pervade (verb) – fill, spread through, penetrate, permeate, suffuse.
suo motu (phrase) – Latin term means “on its own motion”. It is used where a government agency acts on its own knowledge.
sceptical (adjective) – dubious, doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, questioning, cynical, mistrustful, disbelieving, unconvinced.
deployment (noun) – an act of sending workforce into duty; arrangement, organization, utilization, disposal, disposition, distribution.
personnel (noun) – employees, workforce, staff.
pull up (phrasal verb) – reprimand, rebuke, scold, chastise, castigate, criticize, reprove, reproach, censure, take to task, admonish, lambast, berate.
administration (noun) – government.
to that end (phrase) – for that reason, with that goal.
set aside (phrasal verb) – earmark, reserve, allocate, put aside, allot, give over.
infrastructure (noun) – the basic physical or organisational structure or framework that a country or organization needs in order to function properly. For a whole nation, it includes all the physical systems such as buildings, roads & railways networks, utilities, etc.
task force (noun) – a special committee/panel, usually of experts, formed expressly for the purpose of studying a particular problem (or) a temporary organization/committee/panel created to solve a particular problem.
have/get someone on your side (phrase) – when you have/get someone on your side, it provides you an advantage and help you to achieve something.
hold (verb) – occupy, have.
portfolio (noun) – the area of responsibility (department) assigned to a Minister.
walk the talk (phrase) – to do the things you have said you would do.