The Hindu Editorial (Cutting the captain) – Sep 20, 2021

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The Hindu Editorial (Cutting the captain) – Sep 20, 2021:

cut (verb) – ignore, snub, shun; remove.
set off (phrasal verb) – cause, lead to, bring about, give rise to; trigger/spark off.
ouster (noun) – removal from office, unseating, dismissal, throwing out.
baiter (noun) – a person who is deliberately annoying/irritating someone; accuser, blamer, troublemaker, belittler, harasser, torturer.
high command (noun) – commander-in-chief, head, leader, boss.
in effect (phrase) – really, in reality, in truth, in fact.
push for (phrasal verb) – demand, insist on, ask for, urge.
change of guard (phrase) – It used to refer to a situation in which there is a (dramatic) change in which new people are replacing people (existing) in positions of importance.
tenaciously (adverb) – resolutely, firmly, single-mindedly; persistently, uncompromisingly, relentlessly.
turn against (phrasal verb) – become hostile to, take a dislike to, stand against, oppose, rebel.
make clear (phrase) – explain, clarify, elucidate.
successor (noun) – inheritor, next-in-line, descendant.
due (adjective) – expected, awaited, anticipated, scheduled for.
go back on (phrasal verb) – renege on, break one’s promise, default on, backtrack on, repudiate, retract.
go back on one’s word (phrase) – to break one’s promise.
imminent (adjective) – impending, at hand, close, near; about to happen.
mix up (with) (phrasal verb) – confuse, muddle, get jumbled up, scramble, throw into confusion.
the establishment (noun) – the powers that be, the authorities, the system, the regime.
incoming (adjective) – succeeding, new, next, soon to take office.
cost (noun) – loss, damage, undesirable consequences, adverse effects, disadvantage.
uphill (adjective) – arduous, difficult, hard/tough, taxing, demanding.
explore (verb) – look into, examine, evaluate (options).
queer (verb) – spoil, damage, impair.
queer someone’s pitch/queer the pitch (phrase) – to spoil something that someone had planned to do (in order to achieve something).
drag one’s feet (phrase) – delay, procrastinate, postpone action, put off doing something.
admittedly (adverb) – actually, truly/verily, indeed.
inaccessible (adjective) – unreachable, out of reach, beyond reach, out of the way.
sense of (noun) – awareness, understanding, comprehension.
pulse (noun) – the feelings or thoughts of a group/society.
moderate (adjective) – restrained, controlled, temperate, sober.
secular (adjective) – non-religious, worldly, earthly.
nationalist (adjective) – loyalist, flag-waving.
rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
fit (verb) – be suitable, be appropriate.
provocative (adjective) – annoying, irritating, agitational, inflammatory.
grievance (noun) – protestation, charge, complaint, objection.
outsmart (verb) – defeat cleverly; outwit, outplay; get the better of.
outgoing (adjective) – departing, retiring, leaving.
propensity (noun) – tendency, inclination, predisposition, readiness.
temperament (noun) – disposition, nature, character, personality, mettle; attitude.
sinister (adjective) – disturbing, menacing, threatening, alarming.
the joker in the pack (phrase) – If someone is the joker in the pack, he/she is different from the other people in a situation and nobody knows how he/she will behave.
on the back foot (phrase) – in a defensive position, off balance, at a disadvantage.
Farm Acts, 2000 (noun) – Farm Acts, 2000 refer to three agricultural bills passed by Indian Parliament in September 2020. The three acts are “The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (FPTC Act) allows farmers to sell their harvest outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis without paying any State taxes or fees”, “the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 facilitates contract farming and direct marketing”, and “the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 deregulates the production, storage, movement and sale of several major foodstuffs, including cereals, pulses, edible oils and onion, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances”.
up in arms against (phrase) – If someone is up in arms about something, he/she is very angry about it and is protesting strongly against it.
faceless (adjective) – impersonal, remote; characterless, unremarkable.
poise (verb) – position oneself, ready oneself, prepare oneself, brace oneself, get into position, gear oneself up.
perhaps (adverb) – maybe, possibly.
circumstance (noun) – situation, condition, context.
embolden (verb) – encourage, motivate; strengthen, fortify.
go for the jugular (phrase) – be aggressive, be unrestrained, be ferocious (when attacking/criticizing an opponent).
lifeline (noun) – means of escape.