English Vocabulary from Indian Express dated 3rd September 2016

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The Indian Express : 3 September 2016


Curfew without end.

• Turmoil – A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.
• Impose – Force something unfamiliar to be accepted.
• Abatement – The ending, reduction, or lessening of something.
• Respite – A short period of rest or relief from something unpleasant.
• Compel – Force or oblige someone to do something.
• Chaos – Complete disorder and confusion.
• Restraint – A measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits.
• Confronted – Meet someone face to face with hostile or argumentative intent.
• Vicious – Deliberately cruel or violent / immoral.
• Writ – A form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in some way.
• Maiming – Wound or injure someone so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
• Intervention – The action of coming in between course or events.
• Glamorise – Make something seen glamorous or desirable.
• Instigate – Bring about or initiate (an action or event)..

A redefining moment.

• Denunciation – Public condemnation of someone or something.
• Crisis – A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.
• Ailing – In poor health, trouble or afflict in mind or body.
• Lambasted – Criticize someone harshly.
• Venting – Give free expression to a strong emotion.
• Spleen – Bad temper.
• Railed – Complain or protest strongly and persistently about.
• Incoherent – Expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way, unclear.
• Sobbing – Cry noisily, making loud, convulsive gasps.
• Ransacked – Go hurriedly through a place stealing things and causing damage.
• Demigod – A being with partial or lesser divine status, such as minor deity, the offspring of a god and a mortal or a mortal raised to diving rank.
• Gory – Involving or showing violence and bloodshed.
• Strewn – Scatter or spread things untidily over a surface or area.
• Liaise – Establish a working relationship, typically in order to cooperate on a matter or mutual concerns.
• Dragnet – A net drawn through a river or across ground to trap fish or game.
• Splinter – Break or cause to break into small sharp fragments.
• Trifurcated – Divided into three parts or forks.

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