The Hindu Editorial (Christchurch massacre) – Mar 18, 2019

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The Hindu Editorial (Christchurch massacre) – Mar 18, 2019

New Zealand was shaken to its core on Friday when at least 49 people were killed by a gunman in two mosques in Christchurch. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Christchurch massacre) – Mar 18, 2019.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Christchurch massacre) – Mar 18, 2019:

massacre (noun) – carnage, mass murder, mass killing.
wake-up call (noun) – something which alerts a person to a problem and makes him/her to do some remedial action.
white supremacist (noun) – a supporter who believes white people are inherently superior to other races.
cult (noun) – a sect/group with a certain belief/faith (which others think as odd).
livestream (verb) – broadcast, relay, publish.
manifesto (noun) – (policy) statement, declaration, pronouncement.
call for (phrasal verb) – require, publicly ask/necessitate, demand.
invader (noun) – attacker, intruder; a person invades a country.
apparently (adverb) – seemingly, evidently, as it appears.
far-right (adjective) – relating to the extreme right wing of a political party or group.
anti-Semite (noun) – Jew hatred; a person who has hostility and also prejudiced (against Jews).
military fatigue (noun) – cloths put on by soldiers when performing menial, nonmilitary tasks.
neo-nazi (noun) – authoritarian, totalitarian, rightist, extreme right-winger.
laud (verb) – praise, admire, applaud/acclaim.
right-wing (adjective) – conservative, rightist, alt-right.
fringe (adjective) – the outer/marginal part (of a group).
synagogue (noun) – a Jewish house of worship; a building where Jewish people meet to worship.
obsess (verb) – be fixated, be preoccupied, be haunted.
ban (verb) – block, stop, prohibit.
hard line (adjective) – uncompromising, inflexible, extreme.
islamophobic (adjective) – a person’s point of view involving an baseless fear and dislike of Muslims.
on the rise (phrase) – increasing.
contour (noun) – outline, shape, form.
irrational (adjective) – unreasonable, illogical, absurd.
counter-narrative (noun) – an alternative view to the existing/earlier narrative (representation/description).
supremacism (noun) – the support for a belief that a particular group of people are superior than others in the society.
apparatus (noun) – structure, system/framework, organization.