The Hindu Editorial (Terror in Nice) – Oct 31, 2020

The knife attack in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday that killed three people and injured many more has left the country,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Terror in Nice) – Oct 31, 2020.

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1. descend into (verb) – decline, degenerate, deteriorate, slide, fall/drop.
2. civilisational (adjective) – relating to civilisation (culture, customs, way of life).
3. chaos (noun) – disorder, disarray, turmoil, disorganization, disruption.
4. behead (verb) – cut off the head of, decapitate, to remove the head of.
5. suburb (noun) – outlying district, residential area, outskirts.
6. context (noun) – circumstances, conditions, situation.
7. satirical (adjective) – mocking, ironic, sarcastic/ridiculing.
8. prophet (noun) – a person who is believed to be sent by God to Earth (to say the things that God wants to tell people).
9. caricature (noun) – cartoon.
10. agony (noun) – pain, suffering, misery.
11. give in (phrasal verb) – surrender, yield, submit/capitulate.
12. strike (verb) – attack, affect, afflict.
13. serve (verb) – act as, function as.
14. credible (adjective) – believable, acceptable, reasonable, convincing.
15. intelligence gathering (noun) – the process of collecting (military/politics) information.
16. deradicalisation (noun) – the measures taken to motivate someone (with extreme views) to adapt less radical (extreme) views in their political or religious beliefs.
17. combative (adjective) – aggressive, belligerent, hostile, bellicose.
18. posture (noun) – position, approach, attitude, standpoint, view.
19. run (noun) – a continuous spell/period of a particular situation or condition.
20. needless to say (phrase) – as you would expect, of course, obviously, clearly.
21. drive a wedge between (phrase) – to cause misunderstanding or quarrel between two people and damage their good relationship.
22. polarised (adjective) – separated into opposing two.
23. feed into (verb) – influence, contribute to.
24. far-right (adjective) – relating to the extreme right wing of a political party or group; extremely conservative, rightist.
25. Islamophobic (adjective) – (of a person) having an unreasonable fear and dislike of Muslims.
26. narrative (noun) – a representation of a particular situation; portrayal/account.
27. implacable (adjective) – unappeasable, unpacifiable, unforgiving.
28. imperative (noun) – necessary condition, precondition, essential requirement.
29. counter-terrorism (noun) – anti-terrorism; actions taken to combat or prevent terrorism.
30. ideology (noun) – beliefs, ideas, principles.
31. arena (noun) – a place of activity.
32. drive (verb) – force, compel, prompt, urge, goad.
33. perverted (adjective) – abnormal, immoral, wrong, evil/bad.
34. interpretation (noun) – understanding, reading, meaning, explanation.
35. unleash (verb) – let loose, release, set free.
36. subscribe to (verb) – agree with, be in agreement with, support/endorse.
37. worldview (noun) – ideology, principles, values, school of thought.
38. minuscule (adjective) – very small, insignificant, negligible.
39. potent (adjective) – strong, powerful, mighty, dominant.
40. given (preposition) – considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
41. embrace (noun) – approval, adoption, integration.
42. vicious (adjective) – brutal, ferocious, savage, violent, dangerous.
43. mindful (adjective) – aware of, conscious of, heedful of.
44. sow (verb) – cause, bring about, give rise to, trigger, provoke.
45. discord (noun) – strife, conflict, friction, hostility, disagreement, lack of agreement, lack of harmony.
46. posit (verb) – put forward, set forth, present, propose.
47. secularism (noun) – the belief that religion should not have a strong influence in education or other public parts of society.
48. equality (noun) – fairness, justness, impartiality.
49. radical (adjective) – extreme, extremist, fanatical.
50. 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.
51. medieval (adjective) – primitive, ancient, undeveloped, uncivilized, rough/cruel.
52. equip (verb) – prepare, qualify, suit (for a particular task).

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