The Hindu Editorial (End Sri Lanka’s crisis) – Dec 15, 2018

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The Hindu Editorial (End Sri Lanka’s crisis) – Dec 15, 2018

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s decision to resign as Prime Minister, an office to which he was controversially installed by President Maithripala Sirisena,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (End Sri Lanka’s crisis) – Dec 15, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 The Hindu Editorial (End Sri Lanka’s crisis) – Dec 15, 2018:

reinstate (verb) – restore, bring back, return to power.
unfold (verb) – develop, happen, take place.
set off (phrasal verb) – give rise to, cause/ invoke, begin/start.
ill-advised (adjective) – unwise, misguided, short-sighted/thoughtless.
invoke (verb) – bring/call forth, bring on, elicit/bring out.
unceremoniously (adverb) – suddenly/abruptly, hastily; discourteously.
make way (phrase) – make a space, clear the way, allow through.
steadfastly (adverb) – firmly, resolutely, single-mindedly.
step down (phrasal verb) – resign, give up one’s job, stand down.
(downward) spiral (noun) – decrease, deterioration, decline/weakening.
constitutional crisis (noun) – it is defined as a situation when a country’s constitution is not able to clearly resolve an issue/problem/conflict in the function of a Government at it’s disposal.
prorogue (verb) – to postpone/terminate a session of a Parliament without dissolving it.
interim (adjective) – provisional, transitional, temporary.
quo warranto (noun) – Latin for “by what authority/warrant?” a form of legal action or writ challenging/demanding a person to show by what authority (warrant) he/she claims the office.
restrain (verb) – prevent, stop, disallow.
quandary (noun) – dilemma, trouble/plight, predicament.
pave the way for (phrase) – clear the way for, create a situation to do something, procede, make provision for.
take a beating (phrase) – suffer damage.
categorically (adverb) – clearly/directly, explicitly.
dissolution (noun) – cessation/end, termination, suspension.
void (adjective) – invalid, null and void, inoperative/useless.
unfettered (adjective) – unconfined, unrestricted, unconstrained.
notwithstanding (preposition) – in spite of, despite, regardless of.
stretch (verb) – lengthen, expand/extend; distort/bend.
bizarre (adjective) – strange, peculiar, unusual/odd.
obstinately (adverb) – stubbornly/adamantly, inflexibly, uncooperatively.
nothing short of (phrase) – nothing less than.
composition (noun) – formation, structure, organization.
imbroglio (noun) – confused/complicated situation; difficulty/predicament.