English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Tamil Nadu’s direct cash transfers"
- Postponing - to delay an event and plan that it should happen later
- Constituency - a group of voters in a specified area who elect a representative to a legislative body
- Allegation - a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal
- Rampant - getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way
- Bribery - the crime of giving someone money or something else to convince that person to do something you want
- Grim - worried and serious or sad
- Widespread - existing or happening in many places and/or among many people
- Malpractice - failure to act correctly or legally when doing your job
- Grossly - very
- Inadequate - lacking the quality or quantity required (insufficient for a purpose)
- Phenomenon - something (unusual / interesting) that exists
- Deferment - temporary delay in taking someone into a job / position
- Stamp out something - to get rid of something that is wrong or harmful
- Perversion - the changing of something so that it is not what it was or should be
- Well-oiled - operating smoothly
- Untouched - not affected
- Scepticism - doubting that something is true or useful
- Vitiating - to destroy or damage something
- Clout - influence or power, especially in politics or business
- Backed by - supported by
- Acquiring - developing
- Reputation - the opinion that people in general have about someone or something
- Electioneering - the activity of trying to convince people to vote for a particular political party
- Auction - a public sale in which something is sold to the highest bidder
- Lacklustre - without energy and effort
- Outreach - an effort to bring services or information to people where they live or spend time
- Manifesto - a written statement of the aims and policies of a political party
- Roster - a list of people's names, often with the jobs they have been given to do
- Freebie - a thing that is given free of charge
- Herald - to be a sign that something important, and often good, is starting to happen
- Enticement - something used to attract or to tempt someone
- Tremble - to shake slightly, usually because you are cold, frightened, or very emotional
- Prospect - the possibility of some future event occurring
- Enormous - very large in size
- Turnouts - the number of people attending or taking part in an event (the number of people voting in an election)
- Wage - to fight a war inorder to achieve something
- Curb - to control or limit something that is not wanted
- Anachronistically - related to an error in order
- Opaque - difficult to understand
- Distortion - the action of giving a misleading impression
- Grim - worried and serious or sad
Topic 2 : "Rebooting ties with Iran"
- Rebooting - to start something again or do something again, in a way that is new and interesting
- Certain - to know or say something without doubt
- Keen - very interested, eager, or wanting (to do) something very much:
- Sanctions - an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law
- Isolation - the condition of being alone
- Mainstream - considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people
- High-profile - attracting a lot of attention and interest from the public and newspapers, television, etc
- Revive - restore to life or consciousness
- Stalled - stopped
- Set the stage for something - to make it possible for something else to happen
- Deficit - the amount by which something is too small
- Bilateral - involving two countries
- Expediting - to make something happen more quickly
- Vital - absolutely necessary (essential)
- Stable - strongly fixed (not likely to move or change)
- Clandestine - secret (kept secret or done secretively)
- Slashed - to very much reduce something
- Backed off - to stop being involved in a situation
- Seize - to take something quickly and keep or hold it
- Significance - importance
- Balancing act - a situation in which a person tries to give care and attention to two or more activities at the same time
- Equilibrium - a state of balance:
- Skewed - uddenly changed direction or position
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