The Hindu Editorial (The peace holds) Feb 05, 2019
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- hold (verb) – continue, carry on, persist.
- rock (verb) – stun, shock, stagger/surprise.
- on edge (phrase) – nervous, uneasy, unsettled.
- rip through (phrasal verb) – move forcefully & rapidly and damage/destroy something very quickly.
- clamour (noun) – protest, complaint, outcry/commotion.
- perpetrator (noun) – someone who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities.
- exact (verb) – inflict, impose, deliver/administer.
- toll (noun) – (loss) number, count, total (of deaths/casualties).
- convict (verb) – declare guilty, find guilty, pronounce guilty.
- faction (noun) – sect, group, division.
- ceasefire (noun) – a temporary stoppage of a war, truce, armistice.
- attribute (verb) – ascribe, hold responsible for connect/associate with.
- predecessor (noun) – previous holder of the post; ancestor, antecedent.
- give up (phrasal verb) – abandon, forgo, renounce/surrender.
- espouse (verb) – adopt, embrace; support/endorse (a cause).
- secession (noun) – withdrawal, breakaway, separation/splitting.
- carve out (phrasal verb) – create, establish (something with effort).
- ebb (verb) – recede, subside, retreat.
- militant (noun) – extremist, radical, fanatic.
- erstwhile (adjective) – old, previous, former.
- chant (verb) – sing, repeat, shout.
- convulsion (noun) – (political) upheaval, agitation, disturbance/disorder.
- fringe (adjective) – the outer/marginal part (of a group).
- redux (adjective) – brought back; revived, restored.
- hamstring (verb) – cripple, handicap, constrain/restrict.
- account for (phrasal verb) – constitute, make up, comprise/form.
- purview (noun) – range, scope, ambit.
- agnostic (adjective) – sceptical, doubting, cynical.
- the way forward (phrase) – something (a plan/action) that leads to success in the future.
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