The Hindu Editorial (Dangerous rhetoric) – Aug 07, 2018

In the week since the final draft of the National Register of Citizens in Assam was completed, the political rhetoric has got irresponsibly away from the issue at hand. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Dangerous rhetoric) – Aug 07, 2018.

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1. rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
2. feast on (phrasal verb) –  eat up, devour/consume, swallow/engulf.
3. demography (noun) – the statistical study/structure of populations, especially human beings.
4. get away (phrasal verb) – escape, run away/take flight, abscond.
5. at hand (phrase) – imminent, close at hand, approaching/forthcoming.
6. be at pains (phrase) –  make every effort,  do one’s best,  strive/try.
7. by no means (phrase) – not at all, in no way, certainly not.
8. the end of the road (phrase) – a point in a situation beyond which something can not continue.
9. graded (adjective) – arranged, allotted, classified/categorized.
10. rehabilitation (noun) – the action of bringing (someone or something) back to a normal.
11. daunting (adjective) – intimidating, challenging, disconcerting/ unsettling.
12. strand (verb) – leave isolated, abandon, desert.
13. full-blown (adjective) – fully developed, complete, thorough/entire.
14. spectacle (noun) – display, show, event/scene.
15. trivialise (verb) – treat as unimportant, minimize, play down.
16. fill (verb) – pervade, spread through, run through.
17. spell out (phrasal verb) – explain, make clear, elucidate/clarify.
18. sundry (adjective) – several, various, diverse.
19. denominational (adjective) – factional, partisan, separatist.
20. court (verb) – seek (the favour of), try to win over, pursue/cultivate.
21. constituency (noun) – territory, area, region/domain.
22. bloodbath (noun) – slaughter, wholesale/indiscriminate killing.
23. manifest (verb) – obvious, clear, palpable.
24. brace (verb) – prepare, get ready, fortify/buttress (for difficulty).
25. deport (verb) – expel, banish, exile (a foreigner from a country).
26. watch (noun) – stint, spell, turn.
27. leave off (phrasal verb) – discontinue, stop, refrain from.
28. wary (adjective) – suspicious,  careful, distrustful.
29. lie ahead (phrasal verb) – be going to happen.
30. assail (verb) – trouble, disturb, worry.
31. what-if (adjective) – a hypothetical question.
32. linguistic (adjective) – relating to language.
33. dog whistle politics (noun) – political messaging employing coded language that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup.
34. imply (verb) – suggest, hint, say indirectly.
35. shrill (adjective) – (of voice) high pitched and loud.
36. heed (verb) – pay attention to, notice, consider.

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