English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 2nd January 2016

January 3, 2016 Share Like Labels: gr8

Revive - regain life
Nuanced - a very slight difference in appearance
Reform - make changes in something in order to improve it
Slew - large number of
Embarrassingly - shamefully
Foolhardy - brave in a silly way (taking unnecessary risks)
Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop
Tip-off - a secret warning / secret information
Chaos - confusion
Ideologies - a system of ideas
Propaganda - information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
Avert - to prevent something bad from happening
Sovereignty - supreme power or authority
Nurture - to take care of something
Overdue - not happening when expected / needed
Eminent - famous

Edginess - nervousness
Subsequently - happening after something else (afterwards)
Stint - a fixed period of time spent doing a particular job
Thrives - make steady progress
Persisting - to continue in some state
Resonance - the quality of being loud and clear
Combat - fight
Accentuates - put stress on something
Cede - give up (power or territory)
Protocol - rules of government
Substantively - importantly
Thrust - to push suddenly and strongly
Anecdotal - based on personal observation
Tussle - fight
To have a last word - to make the final decision about something (winning the argument)
Alleged - to say something without proof
Destabilising - to make a government lose power or control
Grounded - to prevent
Privileged - leally protected
Segments - parts
Traffic decongestion plan - a plan to reduce traffic
Hazardous - risky / dangerous
Periphery - boundary
Alibi - an excuse for something bad or for a failure
Evade - escape or avoid something
Asymmetry - lack of equality or equivalence