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Fifteen years after – The Hindu Apr 11 2018
Fifteen years ago, on April 9, a few weeks into the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a 39-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad’s al-Fardous Square was brought down under the watch of American troops. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Today’s Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:
- hold (someone) to account (phrase) – to require a person to explain or to accept responsibility for his or her actions; to blame or punish someone for what has occurred.
- invasion (noun) – attack, incursion, assailing.
- bring down (noun) – demolish, destroy, knock down (a statue).
- reign (noun) – rule, incumbency, leadership.
- ghost of (noun) – trace, hint, faint appearance.
- downright (adverb) – completely, totally, undeniably.
- disband (verb) – break up, disperse, demobilize/dissolve.
- coherent (adjective) – logical, reasonable, rational.
- sectarian (adjective) – denoting a sect (a group of people); factional, partisan.
- vacuum (noun) – empty space, void, nothingness.
- apparatus (noun) – structure, system/framework, organization.
- chaos (noun) – disorder, disruption, disarray.
- fertile ground (adjective) – a condition which generates a lot of opportunities/results.
- get rid of (phrase) – remove, dismiss, expel/jettison.
- ruthless (adjective) – merciless, cruel, unsympathetic.
- fault line (noun) – a divisive issue, difference of opinion.
- unfold (verb) – happen, take place, occur.
- take to task (phrase) – criticize, admonish, censure.
- humanitarian catastrophe/tragedy (noun) – humanitarian disaster/crisis; it is defined as a singular event or a series of events that are threatening in terms of health, safety or well being of a community or large group of people. It may be an internal or external conflict and usually occurs throughout a large land area.
- grave (adjective) – serious, terrible, drastic.
Today’s Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:
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