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Topic 1 : "At home in New Delhi"
Top 2 : "Resurrecting the author"
- Broad - very wide
- Brushstroke - the way in which a plan or idea is explained
- Remodelled - changed the structure or form of something
- Rejig - organize something differently / rearrange
- Expansive - covering a wide area in terms of space or scope / extensive
- In terms of something - in relation to something
- Swap - an act of exchanging one thing with another
- Portfolio - a particular job or area of responsibility of a member of a government
- Holding back - to hide something
- Swearing-in - an official ceremony in which someone starting a new official job formally promises to be loyal and honest and to perform their duties well
- Be your own person/woman/man - to be in control of your life and not allow other people to tell you what to do
- Reshuffle - interchange the positions of (members of a team, especially government ministers)
- Conveyed - to express a thought, feeling, or idea so that it is understood by other people
- Firm - strong
- Conscious - to be aware of something
- Wields - to have a lot of influence or power over other people
- Negotiate - to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them
- Accountability - responsibility
- Satraps - local rulers
- Agenda - a list of aims or possible future achievements
- Credo - a set of beliefs that influences the way you live
- Emphasis - the particular importance or attention that is given to something
- To give an edge - to give slightly better importance
- Campaigns - a series of organized activities or events intended to achieve a result
- Inducting - to accept someone officially as a member of an organization
- Evident - clearly seen or understood
- Inclusion - including someone in a group
- On the brink of - * if someone or something is on the brink of a situation, that situation is likely to happen soon
- Flabbiness - softness
- Perceive - become aware or conscious of something
- Impatient - wanting something to happen as soon as possible
- Cacophony - a harsh and unpleasant mixture of loud sounds
- Consolidate - make something stronger or more solid
- Prospect - the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring
- Rivals - people who are competing with you for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity
- Cadre - a small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession
- Stamped - to make a mark in your work / activity so that people will remember you
Top 2 : "Resurrecting the author"
- Resurrecting - restore (a dead person) to life
- Intense - of great force / strength
- Conservative - not usually liking or trusting change
- Anguish - qextreme unhappiness caused by physical or mental suffering
- Hounded - being chased by someone
- Deemed - considered or judged something in a particular way
- Purient - encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others
- Defamatory - damaging the good reputation of someone
- Unconditional - complete and not limited in any way
- Apology - an act of saying that you are sorry for something wrong you have done
- Orchestrated - with every detail very carefully planned, sometimes secretly
- Protests - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Verdict - an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given
- Reinforces - to make something stronger
- Jurisprudence - the study of law and the principles on which law is based
- Faceless - characterless and dull
- Mob - a large crowd of people
- Upheld - confirm or support (something which has been questioned)
- Professing - to state something
- Contemporary - existing or happening now
- Community - the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interests, social group, or nationality
- Obscene - offensive
- Affirmed - to state something as true
- Travails - the difficulties that are experienced as part of a particular situation
- Ridicule - to laugh at someone in an unkind way
- Allege - to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
- Vilify - to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them
- Deity - a god or goddess
- Pander - to please other people by doing or saying what they want you to do or say
- Eroticism - sexual desire or excitement
- Rebuts - to argue that a statement or claim is not true
- Earthy - referring to sex and the human body in a direct way
- Uneasily - slightly worried or uncomfortable about a particular situation
- Well-articulated - clearly spoken / expressed
- Conflict - an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles
- Notion - a belief or idea
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