The long healing of 1971 – The Hindu (April 08, 2017)
It is the morning of March 28 and there is a sea of students milling around the canteen of Dhaka University. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-2:
- grapple with (verb) – struggle, deal with, tackle.
- mill around (verb) – move around in a confused mass; throng.
- crescendo (noun) – peak, top, high point.
- crackdown (noun) – clampdown, getting tough/severe measures, suppression.
- dorm (noun) – a dormitory (large (bed) room in a school hostel).
- shriek (noun) – high-pitched scream, screech, roar, hell.
- dread (noun) – fear, apprehension, anxiety.
- drench (verb) – soak, wet through.
- crane (verb) – stretch out one’s body or neck in order to see something.
- discourse (noun) – debate, argument, discussion.
- gruesome (adjective) – horrible, terrible, repulsive.
- eclipse (verb) – outshine, overshadow, put in the shade.
- subversion (noun) – the act of undermining, worsening, reducing (power & authority gradually).
- genocide (noun) – mass murder, massacre, racial killing.
- wipe out (phrasal verb) – destroy, annihilate, eradicate.
- savour (verb) – delight in, enjoy, relish.
- coup (noun) – a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
- pivotal (adjective) – central, crucial, vital/critical.
- collate (verb) – collect/gather information, accumulate.
- keepsake (noun) – memento, remembrance, memorial.
- memorabilia (noun) – an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
- ambush (verb) – make a surprise attack from a hidden place/position.
- hark back (phrasal verb) – recall, recollect, think of.
- revenge (noun) – vengeance, retribution, retaliation.
- contentious (adjective) – controversial, debatable, disputed.
- gallows (noun) – execution by hanging.
- noose (noun) – a loop at the end of a rope (used to execute by hanging).
- stark (adjective) – clear, simple, blunt/plain.
- bloodthirsty (adjective) – murderous, violent, sadistic.
- atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality/savagery, cruelty, inhumanity.
- tripartite (adjective) – involving three parties.
- radicalism (noun) – it denotes political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
- vicious (adjective) – serious, dangerous, dreadful.
- machete (noun) – a broad, heavy knife used as a weapon.
- wield (verb) – hold & use (a weapon).
- bear the brunt (phrase) – to suffer/get the worst (bad) part of some action.
- embroil (verb) – involve, entangle, enmesh (in a conflict/difficult situation).
- assassinate (verb) – murder, kill, execute.
- excesses (noun) – very bad, wrong, violent behaviour.
- reconciliation (noun) – reunion, appeasement, restoration of harmony.
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