The Hindu Editorial (Long road home) – Dec 21, 2018
The return to India of Hamid Nihal Ansari, an engineer from Mumbai who spent six years in a Pakistani prison, is cause for cheer on the otherwise bleak landscape of India-Pakistan relations. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Long road home) – Dec 21, 2018.
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Today’s word list-1 The Hindu Editorial (Long road home) – Dec 21, 2018:
- humane (adjective) – compassionate, generous; socially concerned.
- bleak (adjective) – unpromising, unfavourable, disadvantageous (situation).
- landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
- plight (noun) – difficult situation, trouble/difficulty, quandary.
- befriend (verb) – make friends with, support/back, stand by.
- espionage (noun) – spying, undercover work, infiltration/counter-intelligence.
- ordeal (noun) – painful experience, unpleasant experience, difficulty.
- keep alive (phrasal verb) – nurse, perpetuate, keep going/continue/sustain.
- deter (verb) – prevent, stop, avert.
- to one’s credit (phrase) -used to mention that someone deserves praise/admiration.
- sustained (adjective) – continuous, uninterrupted, constant.
- whereabouts (noun) – location, position, situation.
- consular (adjective) – relating to the consul or consulate in a foreign city.
- commend (verb) – admire, honour, praise.
- expedite (verb) – speed up, accelerate, hurry.
- pro bono (adjective) – free, without charge, for nothing.
- downturn (noun) – setback, upset/blow, decline (in business activity).
- conviction (noun) – declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence, judgement.
- nothing short of (phrase) – almost; little less than.
- repatriation (noun) – the act of sending people to their own country.
- inadvertently (adverb) – accidentally, unintentionally; unwittingly.
- trespass (verb) – encroach on, invade, infringe.
- hold hostage (phrase) – keep someone as a hostage.
- prolong (verb) – lengthen, extend, protract.
- impoverished (adjective) – weakened, exhausted; poor/poverty-stricken.
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