The Hindu Editorial (The healing touch) – Jun 06, 2019
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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (The healing touch) – Jun 06, 2019:
- healing touch (noun) – an energy therapy in which touch is used as part of the healing process, may increase one’s capability for recovery and healing.
- demonise (verb) – to show someone as evil/wicked/bad.
- deepen (verb) – increase, intensify, escalate.
- fault line (noun) – a divisive issue; a difference of opinion.
- perpetrate (verb) – commit, carry out, perform/execute (a harmful/illegal action).
- fanatical (adjective) – extremist, radical, militant.
- hardliner (noun) – a group/a political party with people who support a strict ideas and they are extreme & uncompromising.
- allegedly (adverb) – supposedly, unprovenly, reportedly.
- back (verb) – support, help, assist/aid.
- sting (verb) – hurt, upset, distress.
- aggressive (adjective) – assertive, forceful, insistent/vigorous.
- implicate (verb) – involve, connect, embroil.
- solidarity (noun) – unity, harmony, unanimity.
- upheaval (noun) – disruption, disorder, turmoil.
- mistrust (noun) – suspicion, distrust, misgivings.
- ethnicity (noun) – a category of people who identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences.
- backlash (noun) – a strong negative reaction; adverse response, counteraction.
- intimidation (noun) – frightening, threatening, oppression.
- radical (adjective) – fanatical, extremist, extreme.
- preacher (noun) – priest, clergyman, evangelical.
- dismantle (verb) – demolish, knock down, bulldoze.
- propaganda (noun) – promotion, advertisement, publicity/advocacy.
- unravel (verb) – resolve, solve, uncover/unfold.
- intriguing (adjective) – interesting, fascinating, absorbing/compelling.
- accountable (adjective) – answerable, responsible.
- intelligence (noun) – (military &political) information, data, details.
- blameworthy (adjective) – culpable, guilty, wrong.
- outsider (noun) – stranger, foreigner, immigrant.
- majoritarian (adjective) – relating to a philosophy that states that a majority (sometimes categorized by religion, language, social class, or some other identifying factor) of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy (priority) in society, and has the right to make decisions that affect the society.
- impulse (noun) – (strong & sudden) urge/instinct, compulsion, need.
- awaken (verb) – stimulate, evoke, call into being.
- catastrophic (adjective) – destructive, ruinous, disastrous.
- misfortune (noun) – tragedy, affliction; bad luck.
- perpetrator (noun) – a person who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities; criminal, culprit, evil-doer.
- hatred (noun) – hate, dislike, hostility.
- disproportionate (adjective) – inordinate, unreasonable, excessive.
- call out (phrasal verb) – draw attention to someone’s bad actions.
- decry (verb) – denounce, condemn, criticize.
- allegation (noun) – charge, accusation, indictment.
- mogul (noun) – magnate, tycoon, baron (an important/powerful (business) person).
- incite (verb) – encourage, stir up, stimulate.
- sweep through (verb) – engulf, overwhelm, flood.
- habitation (noun) – place of residence, house, dwelling (place), abode.
- concerted (adjective) – joint, united, interactive.
- surreptitiously (adverb) – secretively/secretly, indirectly, furtively.
- render (verb) – make, cause to be, represent.
- infertile (noun) – childless, sterile; not able to produce children.
- inter- (prefix) – between, among.
- ethnic (noun) – relating to a population subgroup (cultural, national, traditional/folk) with a common national or cultural tradition.
- usher in (verb) – start/begin, initiate, pave the way for.
- egalitarian (adjective) – common, equal, fair.
- ill-served (adjective) – adversely affected, damaged, impaired.
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