The Hindu Editorial (Advantage BJP) – Oct 09, 2019
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- stick in (verb) – remain fixed.
- reinforce (verb) – strengthen, fortify, bolster up.
- disorient (verb) – make someone feel confused/bewildered/perplexed.
- tenure (noun) – term, period, time/spell/stint.
- decimate (verb) – eliminate, suppress, do away with.
- ally (noun) – partner, supporter, accomplice/confederate.
- unilaterally (adverb) – used to indicate something done by a person/country without approval/agreement from other people/countries involved in the situation.
- the lion’s share (phrase) – most, the majority, the larger/greater part of something.
- meekly (adverb) – gently, softly/humbly, submissively.
- supremacy (noun) – dominance, superiority, advantage.
- trump (verb) – outshine, outclass, upstage.
- helm (noun) – in command, in authority, in charge.
- fray (noun) – contest/competition.
- augment (verb) – upgrade, boost, improve.
- cocktail (noun) – mixture of different substances.
- run down (phrasal verb) – stop (or cause to stop) functioning.
- loan waiver (noun) – the borrower (farmer) is exempted from repayment of loan due to a poor monsoon or natural calamity and the Centre or State governments which offer loan waiver, will take over the liability of farmers and repay the banks.
- crackdown (noun) – clampdown, getting tough/severe measures, suppression.
- engineering (noun) – organization, planning, management,.
- rope in (phrasal verb) – enlist, engage, persuade.
- fold (noun) – group, community.
- ruthless (adjective) – unforgiving, unsparing, unrelenting.
- hallmark (noun) – mark, indication, sure sign.
- dissent (noun) – disagreement, disapproval, opposition.
- chieftain (noun) – leader, head, master/ruler.
- dynastic (adjective) – relating to a dynasty (a family or line of rulers).
- retreat (verb) – withdrawal, pulling back, flight.
- entrant (noun) – new member, beginner, newcomer.
- patriarch (noun) – a powerful & eldest (male) leader or chief ruler of an organisation or society.
- manifesto (noun) – (policy) statement, declaration, pronouncement of a political party issued before an election.
- apathy (noun) – disregard, lack of interest, unconcern.
- elite (noun) – high society people; the group of most powerful people in a society.
- entangle (verb) – involve, implicate, embroil/mix up, bog down.
- a millstone around someone’s neck (phrase) – burden, unwanted responsibility, onus.
- ascendant (adjective) – on the rise, rising (in power), increasing/growing.
- bring down (phrasal verb) – oust, remove, dismiss (from a position/power).
- the old order (noun) – an old/outmoded method or system of doing things.
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