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:

1. 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.
2. demonise (verb) – to show someone as evil/wicked/bad.
3. deepen (verb) – increase, intensify, escalate.
4. fault line (noun) – a divisive issue; a difference of opinion.
5. perpetrate (verb) – commit, carry out, perform/execute (a harmful/illegal action).
6. fanatical (adjective) – extremist, radical, militant.
7. hardliner (noun) – a group/a political party with people who support a strict ideas and they are extreme & uncompromising.
8. allegedly (adverb) – supposedly, unprovenly, reportedly.
9. back (verb) – support, help, assist/aid.
10. sting (verb) – hurt, upset, distress.
11. aggressive (adjective) – assertive, forceful, insistent/vigorous.
12. implicate (verb) – involve, connect, embroil.
13. solidarity (noun) – unity, harmony, unanimity.
14. upheaval (noun) – disruption, disorder, turmoil.
15. mistrust (noun) – suspicion, distrust, misgivings.
16. ethnicity (noun) – a category of people who identify with each other based on common language, ancestral, social, cultural, or national experiences.
17. backlash (noun) – a strong negative reaction; adverse response, counteraction.
18. intimidation (noun) – frightening, threatening, oppression.
19. radical (adjective) – fanatical, extremist, extreme.
20. preacher (noun) – priest, clergyman, evangelical.
21. dismantle (verb) – demolish, knock down, bulldoze.
22. propaganda (noun) – promotion, advertisement, publicity/advocacy.
23. unravel (verb) – resolve, solve, uncover/unfold.
24. intriguing (adjective) – interesting, fascinating, absorbing/compelling.
25. accountable (adjective) – answerable, responsible.
26. intelligence (noun) – (military &political) information, data, details.
27. blameworthy (adjective) – culpable, guilty, wrong.
28. outsider (noun) – stranger, foreigner, immigrant.
29. 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.
30. impulse (noun) – (strong & sudden) urge/instinct, compulsion, need.
31. awaken (verb) – stimulate, evoke, call into being.
32. catastrophic (adjective) – destructive, ruinous, disastrous.
33. misfortune (noun) – tragedy, affliction; bad luck.
34. perpetrator (noun) – a person who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities; criminal, culprit, evil-doer.
35. hatred (noun) – hate, dislike, hostility.
36. disproportionate (adjective) – inordinate, unreasonable, excessive.
37. call out (phrasal verb) – draw attention to someone’s bad actions.
38. decry (verb) – denounce, condemn, criticize.
39. allegation (noun) – charge, accusation, indictment.
40. mogul (noun) – magnate, tycoon, baron (an important/powerful (business) person).
41. incite (verb) – encourage, stir up, stimulate.
42. sweep through (verb) – engulf, overwhelm, flood.
43. habitation (noun) – place of residence, house, dwelling (place), abode.
44. concerted (adjective) – joint, united, interactive.
45. surreptitiously (adverb) – secretively/secretly, indirectly, furtively.
46. render (verb) – make, cause to be, represent.
47. infertile (noun) – childless, sterile; not able to produce children.
48. inter- (prefix) – between, among.
49. ethnic (noun) – relating to a population subgroup (cultural, national, traditional/folk) with a common national or cultural tradition.
50. usher in (verb) – start/begin, initiate, pave the way for.
51. egalitarian (adjective) – common, equal, fair.
52. ill-served (adjective) – adversely affected, damaged, impaired.

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