The Hindu Editorial (Eyes wide shut) – Nov 05, 2018
It would be facile to see the gunning down of five Bengali men in Bisonimukh-Kherbari, near Tinsukia in Upper Assam, on November 1 as an isolated act of violence. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Eyes wide shut) – Nov 05, 2018.
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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Eyes wide shut) – Nov 05, 2018:
- eyes wide shut (phrase) – being non-receptive to the information.
- unrest (noun) – disruption, disturbance, disorder.
- polarisation (noun) – separation of two contrasting groups (based on different opinions/beliefs).
- facile (adjective) – effortless, easy, undemanding/unchallenged.
- gun down (phrasal verb) – shoot down, kill, execute.
- periodic (adjective) – regular, periodical, recurrent.
- symptomise (verb) – be a symptom/sign of.
- fault line (noun) – a divisive issue, a difference of opinion.
- schism (noun) – division, split, rift.
- draw to a close (phrase) – to come to an end.
- counterpart (noun) – a person who serves the same job/function but in a different location; equivalent.
- advocate (verb) – support, champion, uphold.
- grounds (noun) – reason, cause, basis.
- kernel (noun) – essential part, fundamental, basic.
- unequivocally (adverb) – clearly, graphically, without any doubt.
- hedge (verb) – surround, enclose, encircle.
- ensue (verb) – result, follow, emerge/develop.
- shrill (adjective) – (of voice) high pitched and loud.
- rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
- spill over (phrasal verb) – (something like an emotion/bad condition) reaching to an uncontrolled level.
- emanate from (verb) – emerge, flow, pour.
- stray (adjective) – random, accidental/unexpected, casual.
- harass (verb) – hound, bother, trouble (continuously & harshly).
- grim (adjective) – very serious, stern, threatening.
- surcharged (adjective) – relating to the excessive tension/emotion.
- thus (far) (submodifier) – so far, until now, to this point.
- handiwork (noun) – action, work, product.
- accommodative (adjective) – accommodating, cooperative, helpful.
- accommodation (noun) – compromise/settlement; adjustment, adaptation.
- ethnicity (noun) – a category of people who identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences.
- permeate (verb) – pervade/penetrate, spread/pass through, fill.
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