2022 March 22 Hindu Vocabulary
1. Dhami, Sawant back in saddle as BJP opts for status quo.
back in the Saddle[ph]: in a position of control or responsibility.
2. Images from the site, in a mountainous part of southern Guangxi province, showed a forested hillside on fire and aircraft parts were strewn across the landscape.
Strewn[adj]: untidily scattered.
3. But for the men in the small, remote village that Fahrije lives, misogyny is a feeling that can trump most other emotions, including empathy towards her.
Misogyny[n]: hatred of, aversion to, or prejudice against women
Trump[v]: surpass (something) by saying or doing something better.
4. Attempt by officials to yet again lay stones thwarted by protesters.
Thwarted[v]: prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
5. The extensive barricading around the pillar and its adjacent pillars by L&T for the repair works resulted in traffic snarls at the location in the morning.
Snarls[n]: an untidy mass of things that are twisted together:
6. Clampdown on stir a mistake, says Madhav Gadgil.
Clampdown[ph.v]: suppress or prevent something in an oppressive or harsh manner.
7. When the Americans were crying themselves hoarse about an imminent invasion for weeks before it actually happened, did the Secretary-General seek to use his “good offices” to resolve the crisis?
Hoarse[adj]: sounding rough and harsh
8. Having them in writing, enshrined in Ukraine’s Constitution and guaranteed by other powers, would seem to be a sine qua non for Moscow to end its military campaign.
Sine qua non[n]: an essential condition; a thing that is absolutely necessary.
9. Whither unemployment benefits?
Whither[adv]: to what place or state.
10. So, it is a double whammy for the organised sector workers.
Whammy[n]: an event with a powerful and unpleasant effect; a blow.
11. They feel that a candidate of an alliance partner, who does not have the political wherewithal to garner majority support in a council, cannot be thrust on the members against their collective will.
Wherewithal[n]: the money or other means needed for a particular purpose.
Garner[v]: gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).
