The Hindu Editorial (Symbols and substance) – May 30, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (Symbols and substance) – May 30, 2023:

1. symbol (noun) – representation.
2. substance (noun) – significant subject, important matter/content, valid message.
3. propriety (noun) – protocol, rules of conduct, probity, formality, morality, correctness, rightness, appropriateness.
4. occasion (noun) – instance, event, happening.
5. advance (verb) – promote, support, help/assist, facilitate, benefit, improve.
6. critic (noun) – criticizer, censurer, castigator, attacker, fault-finder.
7. aesthetics (noun) – attractiveness, fairness, beautifulness.
8. representation (noun) – portrayal, description, statement.
9. myriad (adjective) – various, many and various, manifold, multiple.
10. diversity (noun) – existence/presence of different people (from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives ranging from race to age to gender to hometown to educational experience) within group; variety, variance, difference.
11. heritage (noun modifier) – tradition, history, background, culture.
12. soaring (adjective) – rising, increasing (rapidly).
13. aspiration (noun) – aim, ambition, objective, goal, target.
14. there is no mistaking (phrase) – when there’s no mistaking something, you cannot forget/fail to recognize/understand it.
15. overshadow (verb) – exceed, surpass, overtake, eclipse, outshine; overpower.
16. weave (verb) – tell, narrate.
17. tale (noun) – story, narrative.
18. Sengol (noun) – Tamil word; a historical sceptre (a baton held by a sovereign (king/queen) as a symbol of authority).
19. Shaivite (adjective) – relating to a Hindu Sect who worship Śiva as supreme God.
20. sect (noun) – religious group, denomination, religious order, faith, faith community, belief.
21. dispensation (noun) – government, regime, system, establishment.
22. sought past and past participle of seek (verb) – try, aim, attempt.
23. Republican (adjective) – (of a form of government, constitution, etc.) belonging to a republic.
24. republic (noun) – a group of people involved in a particular activity with certain equality; “The Republic” is a form of government in which a state (country) is ruled by elected representatives of the people (citizen body).
25. sovereignty (noun) – power, authority, control, rule/raj.
26. Assembly (noun) – legislative assembly; parliament, Congress, Council.
27. (elected) representative (noun) –  a member of a legislature (parliament/legislative assembly); lawmaker, legislator.
28. quest (noun) – search, hunt, pursuit; mission.
29. transition (verb) – change, adjust, transform.
30. republicanism (noun) – the political ideology of being a citizen in a state as a republic under which the people hold popular sovereignty.
31. iteration (noun) – the act of repeating something again and again; repetition, reiteration, reprise, repeating, redoing.
32. apparent (adjective) – obvious, visible, noticeable.
33. style (noun) – method, procedure, way.
34. turn the spotlight on (phrase) – to call attention to something.
35. tangentially (adverb) – slightly, marginally, peripherally.
36. decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
37. delimitation (noun) – an act of fixing boundary or limits.
38. lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.
39. relative (adjective) – comparative, corresponding; considerable, some.
40. voice (noun) – opinion, view, feeling, articulation.
41. linguistic (adjective) – relating to language; lingual.
42. in order to (phrase) – so as to, with a view to, for the purpose of, as a means to, as a way to.
43. absolute (adjective) – complete, total, full; unconditional, unlimited, unrestrained.
44. assuage (verb) – alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, allay, mitigate.
45. disenfranchisement (noun) – the condition of being stripped of the right (to vote).
46. palpable (adjective) – noticeable, visible, recognizable, conspicuous, discernible, tangible.
47. geographical (adjective) – zonal, territorial, topical.
48. fragmentation (noun) – separation, division, disunion.
49. stronghold (noun) – fort, fortress, bulwark, mainstay, support.
50. sphere (noun) – arena, domain, realm, field, territory, area; an area/field of activity.
51. influence (noun) – power, control, leverage, sway.
52. popular vote (noun) – the popular vote is simply the total votes cast for each candidate/party across the whole of the country. The candidate/party with the most votes across the nation is said to have won the popular vote.
53. imbalance (noun) – disparity, variation, disproportion, unevenness, lopsidedness.
54. aggravate (verb) – increase, intensify, heighten, deepen, escalate, worsen, make worse.
55. outreach (noun) – the level of reaching out/activity/effort; involvement.
56. catchment area (noun) –  stronghold, bastion, mainstay.
57. take/have recourse to (phrase) – utilize, use, employ, draw on, resort to.

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