English Vocabulary from Indian Express dated 19th & 20th August 2016

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Hello Friends, I am Pratik Ankar. Here I am sharing the English Vocabulary from Indian Express dated 19th & 20th August 2016. Happy Reading :)

You can Read the Editorials of 19th August 2016 from here
 
Indian Express  August 19, 2016  Don’t blame it on Rio.

• Cohort – Part of army.
• Hasten – Speed.
  
• Inevitable – That cannot be avoided.
• Assiduously – Diligent.
• Largesse – Generous giving.
• Sully – To stain or discredit.
• Shenanigans – Secret or dishonest activity / Mischievous behavior.
• Gravamen – That part of an accusation weighing most heavily against an accused.
• Meager – Lean, thin. Too little.
• Squander – To waste.

Indian Express  August 19, 2016  The art of war.

• Justifiable – That can be justified.
• Cohesive – Able to stick together.
• Rectify – Put right or straight.
• Underpin – To place a support of masonry etc. under a wall.
• Inertia – Inertness (without power to move or act).

You can Read the Editorials of 20th August 2016 from here


Indian Express  August 20, 2016  Not their finest hour.

• Tandem – Bicycle for 2 people.
• Mesh – One of the spaces in a net.
• Stoke – To feed fuel to.
• Spew – To vomit.
• Vitriol – Sulphuric acid.
• Fraternise – To associate with. to make friend with.
• Arouse – To awaken.
• Heed – To take a notice of.
• Savagery – An uncivilized condition.
• Rebuked – To scold, to reprove.
• Overawe – To awe completely.
• Dereliction – Deliberate neglect.

Indian Express  August 20, 2016  The bout India lost.

• Saute – A dish of sauted food.
• Simmer – To boil.
• Vouch – To guarantee.
• Saboteur – One who commits sabotage.
• Vindicate – To show or prove that somebody or something is just valid or true.
• Chorus – Band of singers.
• Rigorous – Harsh, strict, severe.
• Lenient – Not severe.

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