2022 March 21 Hindu Vocabulary

1. Beleaguered Imran pats India, flays Pak. Army.

        Beleaguered[adj]: in a very difficult situation. 

        Flay[v]: criticize severely and brutally.

2. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran appeared to have cracked the whip on party workers suspected of cosying up to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leadership.

        Cosying up[v]: to attain or try to attain familiarity, friendship, or intimacy


3. Such fraternising could blunt the United Democratic Front's (UDF) struggle against the "economically, socially and environmentally" unviable SilverLine semi high-speed railway project of the State government and inadvertently advantage Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's political agenda.

        Fraternising[v]: associate or form a friendship with someone, especially when one is not supposed to.

        Blunt[v]: make or become less sharp.

        Inadvertently[adv]: without intention; accidentally.

4. GCDA to revisit Ring Road project.

        Revisit[v]: consider (a situation or problem) again or from a different perspective.

5. Highway projects need much more raw materials than the proposed rail corridor and will in turn increase the urban sprawl.

        Sprawl[n]: a group or mass of something that has spread out in an untidy or irregular way.

6. In such cases, the offence of sexual overtures and soliciting sexual favours as defined in Section 354 A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) may be attracted.

        Overture[n]: an initiative toward agreement or action

7. A big tragedy was averted when the floodlights on one of the pillars came crashing along with the gallery.

        Averted[v]: prevent or ward off (an undesirable occurrence).

8. Bid to smuggle idol of the 15th century foiled.

        Bid[n]: an attempt or effort to achieve something.

        Foil[v]: prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding.

9. TTD mulls switching to energy-efficient fans.

        Mulls[v]: think about (a fact, proposal, or request) deeply and at length.

10. But Russia has now welched on this treaty commitment.

        Welched[v]: failed to honour (a debt or obligation incurred through a promise or agreement).

11. A fresh guard is needed to nurture India’s fledgling economic recovery.

        Fledgling[n]: developing

12. Unless people get more certainty about the pandemic’s endgame, and have some money in their hands, it would be difficult to spur consumption enough to reach the necessary next stage of the recovery — a revival in private investments.

        Spur[v]: stimulate

13. Oberoi gives several such instances of the amorphous nature of religious practices in 19th century Punjab.

        Amorphous[adj]: without a clearly defined shape or form.

14. Mr. Singh and Mr. Biswajit were summoned to New Delhi twice in five days for ending the impasse on the leadership issue.

        Impasse[n]: a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.

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