The Hindu Editorial (Dantewada ambush) – Apr 11, 2019

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Dantewada ambush) – Apr 11, 2019:

1. ambush (noun) – surprise attack, trap, pitfall.
2. brutal (adjective) – vicious, cruel, harsh/savage.
3. strike (verb) – attack, make an assault, set upon someone.
4. convoy (noun) – a group of vehicles or ships that are traveling together usually for protection.
5. personnel (noun) – employees, staff, workforce.
6. grimly (adverb) – seriously,  gloomily, threateningly.
7. underline (verb) – emphasize, highlight, underscore.
8. reverse (noun) – setback, failure, blow/defeat.
9. pick and choose (phrase) – look at the various things that are on display and select the best or the most valuable from among them. (Courtesy: The Hindu Know Your English)
10. improvised (adjective) – makeshift, temporary, emergency/make-do.
11. blow up (phrasal verb) – explode, detonate, burst apart.
12. complacent (noun) – smug, self-satisfied, self-admiring.
13. bandobast (noun) – arrangements/preparations (for defending & protecting from attack).
14. in light of (phrase) – in view of, considering, taking into account.
15. fray (noun) – contest/competition.
16. precipitous (adjective) – sudden, rapid, quick.
17. slide (noun) – fall, drop, decline.
18. highlight (verb) – underline, underscore, emphasize.
19. call for (phrasal verb) – require, publicly ask/necessitate, demand.
20. stare down (phrasal verb) – look fixedly at someone (in a threatening way).
21. abundant (adjective) – large, huge; ample.
22. in turn (phrase) – in succession, successively, sequentially.
23. potency (noun) – strength, powerfulness, efficacy.
24. exploitation (noun) – utilization, use, capitalization.
25. alienation (noun) – isolation, detachment, estrangement/separation.
26. in the face of (phrase) – despite, notwithstanding, regardless of.
27. extractive (adjective) – relating to/involving extraction (of something (resourses) completely without provision for redevelopment).
28. habitat (noun) – (natural) environment/territory, home.
29. pursue (verb) – engage in, be occupied in, work at/follow.
30. war footing (noun) – a state of preparedness (for war).

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