The Hindu Editorial (Warm up to the Valley) – Oct 12, 2019

The Hindu Editorial (Warm up to the Valley) – Oct 12, 2019

That the Jammu and Kashmir government has withdrawn an advisory it issued on August 2 forcing tourists to leave the Valley is to be welcomed,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Warm up to the Valley) – Oct 12, 2019.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Warm up to the Valley) – Oct 12, 2019:

  1. warm up (phrasal verb) – prepare, get ready, get into condition.
  2. lockdown (noun) – confinement, restraint, encirclement.
  3. normalcy (noun) – a normal condition; normality, regularity.
  4. advisory (noun) – statement, declaration, message.
  5. naive (adjective) – denoting (someone’s) lack of experience/knowledge; inexperienced/natural, innocent.
  6. pretext (noun) – a false reason/excuse given to do something by hiding the true purpose (which is usually a bad one).
  7. turn out (phrasal verb) – transpire, emerge, appear.
  8. rescind (verb) – revoke, repeal, cancel/reverse.
  9. adventure (noun) – excitement, thrill.
  10. far from (phrase) – not, not at all, nowhere near.
  11. meagre (adjective) – small, little, modest.
  12. detain (verb) – hold, take into custody, arrest.
  13. separatist (noun) – dissident, nonconformist, sectarian.
  14. hyper-nationalist (adjective) – a person with extreme/excessive nationalism.
  15. notion (noun) – idea, belief, concept.
  16. water down (phrasal verb) – moderate, mitigate, tone down.
  17. borne out past participle of bear out (phrasal verb) – support, confirm, justify/uphold.
  18. stakeholder (noun) – a person with an interest in something.
  19. disconcerting (adjective) – discomfiting, unsettling, disturbing.
  20. disparate (adjective) – contrasting, different, dissimilar.
  21. discredit (verb) – dishonour, disrepute, ill repute, disgrace.
  22. shrunk (past participle of shrink) (verb) – lessen, reduce, decrease.
  23. proactive (adjective) – aggressive, intense, passionate.

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