The Hindu Editorial (Grim turn) – Oct 09, 2021

The killings of seven civilians in Srinagar in six days mark a grim turn in the situation in the Kashmir Valley. This vicious, mindless violence against commoners, owned up by a group… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Grim turn) – Oct 09, 2021.

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grim (adjective) – distressing, upsetting, worrying, unpleasant, dismal/awful.
turn (noun) – act; change of course, divergence.
pursue (verb) – go after, run after, follow, chase after, hunt, trace, track, search for.
administration (noun) – government, regime.
civil society (noun) – civil society refers to space for collective action around shared interests, purposes, and values, generally distinct from government and commercial for-profit actors. It refers to a wide array of organizations: community groups, non-governmental organizations [NGOs], labour unions, indigenous groups, charitable organizations, faith-based organizations, professional associations, and foundations. Civil society – sometimes called the “third sector” (after government and commerce) – has the power to influence the actions of elected policy-makers and businesses.
civilian (noun) – non-military person, ordinary citizen.
mark (verb) – indicate, represent, signify.
valley (noun) – a low area between hills or mountains typically with a river running through it.
vicious (adjective) – terrible, dreadful, awful, cruel, harsh, ruthless, merciless, heartless.
commoner (noun) – common person.
own up (phrasal verb) – confess to, admit to, accept responsibility, acknowledge.
The Resistance Front (TRF) (noun) – a shadow organisation/outfit affiliated with Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
front (noun) – a particular organization/grouping.
shadow (noun as modifier) – an organisation/outfit/person secretly following another organisation/outfit/person.
pathological (adjective) – habitual, obsessive, chronic, unreasonable, irrational.
hatred (noun) – enmity, antipathy, antagonism, hostility, resentment, aversion.
transnational (adjective) – involving/relating to two/more countries.
radical (adjective) – extremist, fanatical, militant.
Islamism (noun) – Islamic fundamentalism; it is defined as the belief that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life. Islamism is not a form of the Muslim faith. It is, rather, a political ideology.
branded (adjective) – labelled, classified, categorized; stigmatized, accused of being.
traitor (noun) – double-dealer, betrayer, defector.
unmistakable (adjective) – evident, manifest, apparent, glaring, blatant.
prominent (adjective) – important, well known.
chemist (noun) – pharmacist.
stay on (phrasal verb) – continue to be in a place & work/do something after others have relocated/displaced.
omen (noun) – portent, sign, signal, token.
gun down (phrasal verb) – shoot down, kill.
epithet (noun) – nickname, byname, label/tag.
stooge (noun) – subordinate, assistant; henchman; pawn/puppet.
take up (phrasal verb) – begin/start to have a post/position.
migrant (noun) – a person who moves from one region to another – either within a country or across national borders in order to find work or better living conditions.
Islamist (noun/adjective) – relating to Islamic fundamentalism.
sought past participle seek (verb) – try, aim, attempt.
ethnic cleansing (noun) – the mass expulsion or killing of ethnic group members in a place by another one, particularly a majoritarian group in that place.
episodic (adjective) – occasional, periodic, sporadic.
periodical (adjective) – repeated, recurrent, occasional, sporadic.
outrage (noun) – fury, anger, rage, wrath, resentment; affront, offence.
massacre (verb) – kill (many people).
backdrop (noun) – situation, scenario, context.
uptick (noun) – a small increase or upward trend.
inflow (noun) – arrival of a large amount of people to a particular place.
push (noun) – drive, initiative, motivation, single-mindedness.
raft (noun) – a large amount of something.
outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.
Line of Control (LoC) (noun) – it is a 450 mile-long military control line lying between India and Pakistan’s controlled parts of the former (under the British) Jammu and Kashmir. This line is not actually a legally recognized international boundary but prevails as per de facto. After the Simla Agreement signed in July 1972, this line was officially renamed as “Line of Control” from “the Cease-fire Line”.
under way (phrase) – in progress, happening, occurring, taking place.
directive (noun) – instruction, direction, command, order.
unfurl (verb) – untwine, spread out, unwind.
intolerance (noun) – bigotry, narrow-mindedness, dogmatism, illiberality, insularity, sensitivity, oversensitivity.
spare (verb) – leave undamaged/unhurt.
mainstream (adjective) – accepted, established, recognized, prevailing, popular, common, usual.
aggressive (adjective) – assertive, forceful, vigorous, audacious.
drive (noun) – aggression, forcefulness, doggedness, tenacity.
separatist (adjective) – dissident, nonconformist, sectarian.
sympathiser (noun) – supporter, well wisher.
milieu (noun) – context, background, backdrop; environment, atmosphere.
surpass (verb) – be greater than, exceed.
casualty (noun) – victim, fatality, dead and injured, loser, loss.
personnel (noun) – force, staff, workforce, employee.
so far (phrase) – until now, up to the present, up to this point.
tolerate (verb) – allow, permit, agree to, approve of.