English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Mayhem in Mathura"
Topic 2 : "Punching above his heavyweight"
- Mayhem - a violent situation in which there is no order or control
- Throw up something - to produce new problems or ideas
- Cult - something that has become very popular with a particular group of people
- Timeline - a line that shows the time and the order in which events have happened
- Land grab - the act of taking an area of land by force
- Fateful - having an important and usually negative effect on the future
- Indictment - a sign that a policy, system, society, etc. is bad or wrong
- Administration - the management of public affairs / government
- Lapse - a temporary failure
- Evict - to force someone to leave somewhere
- Recce - the process of visiting and quickly looking around a place in order to find out information about it
- Landing up - to finally be in a particular place, state, or situation
- Tow - to pull a car, boat, etc. along, fastened behind another vehicle
- Encroachment - entry to another's property without right or permission
- Coercively - forcefully
- On edge - nervous or worried
- Mild - not serious
- Botched - something that is done badly / carelessly
- Provocation - action that makes someone angry
- Cache - a collection of items of the same type stored in a hidden place
- Ferocity - being frightening and violent
- Habitations - houses
- Ostensibly - appearing to be one thing when it is really something else
- Irrational - not logical or reasonable
- Annulling - to officially announce that something no longer exists
- Homage - special honour or respect shown publicly
- Horticulture - the study or activity of growing garden plants
- Fierce - very / extremely
- Snoop - to look around a place secretly, in order to discover things or find out information about someone or something
- Meantime - until something expected happens
- Patronage - the support given to an organization by someone
- Inquired - to ask for information
Topic 2 : "Punching above his heavyweight"
- Punching above your weight - competing against someone who you are no match for
- Heavyweight - a weight in boxing and other sports, typically the heaviest category (ranges from 81 to 91 kg)
- Spectator - a person who watches at a show, game, or other event
- Riveting - extremely interesting
- Underdog - in a competition, the person or team considered to be the weakest and the least likely to win
- Virtually - nearly / almost
- Marshalling - combining / arranging in an order
- Turn the tables on somebody - to change a situation so that you now have an advantage over someone who previously had an advantage over you
- Fancied - expected to succeed
- Embodied - to represent an idea exactly
- Never-say-die - * said to encourage people to keep trying (to refuse to stop trying to do something)
- Squared off - to prepare to fight, compete, or argue with someone
- Reigning - ruling (being the most recent winner of a competition)
- Critics - people who express an unfavourable opinion of something
- Counterpunch - a punch thrown in return for one received
- Rope-a-dope strategy - a boxing technique
- Eventually - in the end
- Wear out somebody - to make someone extremely tired
- Pounding - repeated and heavy striking or hitting of someone
- Knocked out - in boxing, the act of hitting the other fighter so that they fall to the ground and are unable to get up again within ten seconds
- Rumble in the Jungle - a historic boxing event held in Kinshasa, Zaire (Congo) on October 30, 1974
- Resilience - the quality of being able to return quickly to a previous good condition after problems
- Came in handy - to be useful
- Rival - the person competing with you for the same thing
- Thrilla in Manila - 3rd and final boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier
- Toll - suffering / damage
- Debilitating - causing weakness
- Endure - suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently
- Showmanship - skill in making people feel entertained
- Glib talk - speaking in a confident way, but without careful thought or honesty
- Exploit - to use something in a way that helps you
- Confronted - come face to face with something
- Racism - the belief that people's qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own
- Insistently - forcefully
- Dignity - calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you
- Polemic - a piece of writing or a speech in which a person strongly attacks or defends a particular opinion, person, idea, or set of beliefs
- Reign - the period of time when you are in a top position
- Draft - to select (a person or group of people) and bring them somewhere for a certain purpose
- Relinquished - to give up something
- Conscientious - putting a lot of effort into your work
- Exhorting - strongly encouraging somebody to do something
- Countrymen - people living or born in a rural area
- Emergence - the process of coming into existence
- Transcended - to go further, rise above, or be more important or better than something
- Undisputed - accepted (everyone agrees about it)
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