Daily vocabulary March 16 Hindu

1. ATK Mohun Bagan will be hoping to implement its plans more aggressively when it meets the resolute Hyderabad FC.

        Resolute: admirably purposeful, determined

2. Babar, Shafique thwart Australia’s victory bid.

        Thwart: prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.

3. The director of cricket operations, can heave a sigh of relief.

        Heave: produce

4. A false shot lurks all the time, only to arrive after the best-­laid plans of the opposition have been shredded to bits.

        Lurk: be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.

        Shredded: torn or cut into shreds.

5. Ever since Adam Gilchrist unintentionally ushered in the era of the outstanding wicket-keeper ­batter who could nail down a place on his wicket keeping or destructive batting alone, teams around the world have gone in search of men who could do the same.

        Usher in: make an activity or process begin.

        Nail down: to make certain to happen

6. Maverick Pant comes of age, turns into an all­round package.

        Maverick: an unorthodox or independent-minded person.

7. China’s lockdowns spur supply chain concerns.

        Spur: promote the development of; stimulate.

8. Amazon on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that its talks with the Future group to resolve a tussle over the latter’s ₹24,731­crore merger deal with Reliance had made no headway. 

        Resolve: settle or find a solution

        Tussle: a vigorous struggle or scuffle, typically in order to obtain or achieve something.

        Headway: progress

9. The condition of co-­morbidity for this age group has been removed.

        Co-morbidity: the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.

10. “Whatever is stated in the above sūras, we say, is only directory, because of absence of prescription of penalty or penance for not wearing hijab.

        Penance: punishment inflicted on oneself as an outward expression of repentance for wrongdoing.

11. The episode also reflected the frosty relationships between the two parties.

        Frosty: cold and unfriendly in manner

12. This oligarchy of the P5 (China, France, Russia, the U.S., and the U.K.) is an anachronism.

        Oligarchy: government by the few

        Anachronism: a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

13. India’s staggering dominance in cricketing jousts at home was further reiterated at the conclusion of the Test series against Sri Lanka. 

        Staggering: Astonishing

        Jousts: Contests