👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 1-> 12 MAY👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial - Karnataka Votes ðŸ’¥

repercussion (noun) – consequence, result, effect/outcome.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The fate of this State election has repercussions, nationally

landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
Hindu Editorial usage : No matter who wins, the Karnataka Assembly election is set to redraw the political landscape at the national level prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha poll. 

colour (verb) – influence, affect, distort.
Hindu Editorial usage :   True, elections are due later this year in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, but the Karnataka verdict could colour these too. 

fillip (noun) – stimulus, boost, encouragement.
Hindu Editorial usage :  It will also provide a fillip to its unrealistic boast of creating a Congress-mukt Bharat.

discount (verb) – ignore, overlook, dismiss.
Hindu Editorial usage :  if we discount Puducherry. It is nowhere close to being a contender in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, and currently is a poor second to the TRS in Telangana and the LDF in Kerala. 

second (ordinary number) – secondary, lower, subordinate.
Hindu Editorial usage :   currently is a poor second to the TRS in Telangana and the LDF in Kerala. 

mount (verb) – organize, prepare, arrange.
Hindu Editorial usage :  A loss in Karnataka will be perceived as a serious setback to the Congress’s plans to mount a challenge to the BJP next year.

wrest (verb) – wrench, snatch, take control of (power).Hindu Editorial usage :  
Hindu Editorial usage :  For the BJP, a failure to wrest Karnataka will be difficult to ingest. 

ingest (verb) – absorb, assimilate, digest (information).
Hindu Editorial usage :  For the BJP, a failure to wrest Karnataka will be difficult to ingest. 

bend (noun) – loop, deviation, deflection.
Hindu Editorial usage :   As the principal opposition party that won a majority of the Lok Sabha seats from Karnataka in 2014, the BJP was the front-runner until the last bend

consolidation (noun) – unification, combination, connection.
Hindu Editorial usage :  With regional sentiments running high, the consolidation of the Hindu vote is not happening in favour of the BJP

shrewdly (adverb) – cleverly, astutely, wisely.
Hindu Editorial usage :   indeed, Mr. Siddaramaiah has shrewdly and cynically fanned linguistic and caste emotions to paint the BJP as a pro-Hindi party opposed to regional sentiments.

cynically (adverb) – ironically, desperately, in a distrustful way.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mr. Siddaramaiah has shrewdly and cynically fanned linguistic and caste emotions to paint the BJP as a pro-Hindi party opposed to regional sentiments.

fan (verb) – intensify, increase, agitate.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mr. Siddaramaiah has shrewdly and cynically fanned linguistic and caste emotions to paint the BJP as a pro-Hindi party opposed to regional sentiments.

linguistic (adjective) – relating to language.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mr. Siddaramaiah has shrewdly and cynically fanned linguistic and caste emotions to paint the BJP as a pro-Hindi party opposed to regional sentiments.

paint (verb) – portray, depict, represent.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Mr. Siddaramaiah has shrewdly and cynically fanned linguistic and caste emotions to paint the BJP as a pro-Hindi party opposed to regional sentiments.

push ahead (phrasal verb) – proceed, continue, progress (with a curse of action).
Hindu Editorial usage :   To this end, the Congress pushed ahead with its plans for a separate Karnataka flag, and the status of a religion for the Lingayat sect.

give a handle to (phrase) – to facilitate, to furnish/provide.
Hindu Editorial usage :  the Congress has been given a handle to raise the corruption bogey given the cases he was embroiled in; at the same time,

bogey (noun) – nightmare, horror/dread, curse/bane.
Hindu Editorial usage :  the Congress has been given a handle to raise the corruption bogey given the cases he was embroiled in; at the same time,

embroil (verb) – involve, entangle/enmesh, catch/mix up.
Hindu Editorial usage :  the Congress has been given a handle to raise the corruption bogey given the cases he was embroiled in; at the same time,

latent (adjective) – hidden, concealed, inactive.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The big question is whether there exists a latent anti-incumbency sentiment that the BJP can tap into.

anti-incumbency (noun) – a situation which is against elected officials currently in power; discontent against ruling government/ party in power.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The big question is whether there exists a latent anti-incumbency sentiment that the BJP can tap into.

tap (verb) – utilize, use, exploit.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The big question is whether there exists a latent anti-incumbency sentiment that the BJP can tap into.

betray (verb) – be unfaithful to, be disloyal to, break the trust in.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Although Mr. Siddaramaiah betrayed political insecurity by contesting two seats and secured a seat for his son, he managed to keep the focus on Karnataka 

face-off (noun) – confrontation, fight, conflict.
Hindu Editorial usage :   prevent the election from being transformed into a presidential-style national face-off between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

all bets are off (phrase) – the outcome is unpredictable.
Hindu Editorial usage :  There is something to be said for this, but in what opinion polls suggest will be a really tight race, all bets seem to be off.




To Download this editorial in PDF version CLICK HERE

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Miles to go for the new bankruptcy code

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The last to know: on ICICI imbroglio

Pre-emptive strike: on RBI's repo rate hike

Seller beware: homebuyers and Bankruptcy Code