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Topic 1 : "Disquiet over Cauvery’s flows"
Topic 2 : "Cricket’s ranking put to the Test"
Topic 1 : "Disquiet over Cauvery’s flows"
- Disquiet - worry
- Cauvery - Kaveri (river in south India which rises in north Kerala)
- Dispute - an argument or disagreement (especially an official one between)
- Deficit - the amount by which something is too small
- Sub-basin - a large area of land whose surface water all flows into a particular river or lake
- Conceived - to invent a plan or an idea
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Emphatic - done or said in a strong way and without any doubt
- Integral - necessary and important as a part of a whole
- Irrigation - the method in which water is supplied to plants at regular intervals for agriculture
- Downstream - in the direction a river or stream is flowing
- Forbid - to state that something is not allowed, according to a rule, law, or custom
- Intervening - take part in something to change the result
- Inter-State - existing or taking place between states
- Streak - part of
- Twisted logic - to use false logic
- Tribunal - a special court or group of people who are officially chosen, especially by the government, to examine (legal) problems of a particular type
- Invoked - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Subvert - to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics etc
- Crucial - extremely important or necessary
- Contravention - the action of doing something that is not allowed by a rule, law, or agreement
- Hasty - done in a hurry because you do not have much time
- U-turn - a complete change from one opinion or plan of action to an opposite one
- At play - to do something for enjoyment or interest, without much care and effort
- High stakes - involves a lot of risk or serious consequences
- In contrast - used when you are comparing two things or people and saying that the second one is very different from the first
- Seized - take hold of suddenly and forcibly
- Certain - having no doubts that something is true
- Depoliticising - to cause something or someone to have no political connections
- Well-thought-out - well planned
- Mechanism - a way of doing something that is planned or part of a system
- Distress - an unpleasant and difficult situation
Topic 2 : "Cricket’s ranking put to the Test"
- Put something to the Test - to find out how good or how effective someone or something is
- Ascent - the process of moving to a higher level or position
- Cheer - encouragement
- Tumult - a loud noise caused by a large mass of people
- Sparring - arguing
- Administrative - relating to the management of a company, organization, or institution
- Reform - to make an improvement
- Victory - an occasion when you win a game, competition etc
- Paving the way for something - to make something possible
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Significant - very important
- Stint - a period of time spent doing something
- Irrespective - despite a particular fact, situation, or quality
- Squad - a sports team
- Evolving - to gradually change and develop over a period of time
- Pang - a very strong, sudden, and unpleasant pain or emotion
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Big shoes to fill - to have to meet high expectations about something that came before
- Dominance - a situation in which one person or thing has more influence or power than any other
- No mean achievement - a great achievement
- Packed with something - to fill something with things or people of a particular type
- Contemporary - modern, or relating to the present time
- Great - someone who is admired by a lot of people, especially someone famous
- In contrast - used when you are comparing two things or people and saying that the second one is very different from the first
- Pivot - the central or most important person or thing in a situation
- Emergence - the process of appearing or becoming recognized
- Dilemma - a situation in which you have to make a difficult decision
- Firm up - to become more certain or less likely to change
- Re-establish - to return something to an earlier good condition or position
- Solidity - the quality of being solid (strong)
- Over-reliant on somebody - completely depends on somebody
- Shortcomings - a fault or a failure to reach a particular standard
- Sort out - to do what is necessary to deal with a problem, disagreement, or difficult situation successfully
- Displaced - to force something out of its position
- Reign - a period of time during which a particular person, group, or thing is very important or a powerful influence
- Nonetheless - despite what has just been said
- Subcontinental - a large area of land that forms part of a continent, especially the part of Asia that contains the countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
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