👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2 --> 1 MAY👀

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💥Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial - Headline-Grabber💥

Hindu Editorial usage : Biplab Deb is completely out of his depth in ruling Tripura
  • the spotlight (noun) – public attention, the glare of publicity, the limelight.
Hindu Editorial usage : Yet, Mr. Deb has held the spotlight on himself for one gaffe after another. 
  • gaffe (noun) – blunder, mistake, error.
Hindu Editorial usage : Yet, Mr. Deb has held the spotlight on himself for one gaffe after another. 
  • apologize (verb) – say sorry, express regret, ask forgiveness.
Hindu Editorial usage : For some of these he has apologised — not for others.
  • ridiculous (adjective) – laughable, absurd, pointless.
Hindu Editorial usage : He has also made it a habit of doing ridiculous back-of-the-envelope calculations to ask the people of Tripura to, variously
Hindu Editorial usage : He has also made it a habit of doing ridiculous back-of-the-envelope calculations to ask the people of Tripura to, variously
  • revel in (verb) – celebrate, enjoy, delight in.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Mr. Deb is clearly revelling in his turn in the sun
Hindu Editorial usage :  Mr. Deb is clearly revelling in his turn in the sun
  • face-off (noun) – conflict, clash, confrontation.
Hindu Editorial usage : as the BJP’s young talent come good in a vital ideological face-off by hollowing out the Congress’s State unit and humbling the CPI(M).
Hindu Editorial usage : as the BJP’s young talent come good in a vital ideological face-off by hollowing out the Congress’s State unit and humbling the CPI(M).
  • humble (verb) – defeat, beat, conquer.
Hindu Editorial usage : as the BJP’s young talent come good in a vital ideological face-off by hollowing out the Congress’s State unit and humbling the CPI(M).
  • sweep (verb) – to win all (contests).
Hindu Editorial usage : In the days after the BJP swept the February Assembly election, winning 35 of the 60 seats on its own,
  • irrational (adjective) – illogical, unjustified, baseless.
Hindu Editorial usage : It is against this backdrop that Mr. Deb’s irrational remarks reveal the BJP to be completely out of its depth after its historic victory.
  • watch (noun) – stint, spell, turn.
Hindu Editorial usage : On Mr. Sarkar’s watch, Tripura had moved up the development indices.
  • mortality rate (noun) – (in a particular time/for a cause) the rate of death.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Its sex ratio is a relatively respectable 960, and mortality rates for infants and children have been drastically reduced.
  • flip side (noun) – other side; downside, drawbacks/disadvantages.
Hindu Editorial usage : On the flip side, Tripura’s good social health indices are not matched by those on the economic front 
  • indices – plural of index (noun) – measure; guide, indication.
Hindu Editorial usage : On the flip side, Tripura’s good social health indices are not matched by those on the economic front 
  • languish (verb) – fail to make progress; fail to be successful.
Hindu Editorial usage : its per capita income has languished below the national average, its infrastructure facilities are poor and unemployment rate is extremely high.
  • mock (verb) – ridicule, make fun of, insulting.
Hindu Editorial usage : This is what Mr. Deb seeks to mock
  • prowess (noun) – courage, bravery, boldness/audacity.
Hindu Editorial usage : Rather than make laughable references to technological prowess in a mythical age,
  • envisage (verb) – foresee, predict, imagine/envision.
Hindu Editorial usage : he would do better to envisage and execute a firm plan to strengthen the State’s economic health.
  • wade into (phrasal verb) – move in, plunge in, dive in (vigorously).
Hindu Editorial usage : Rather than wade into needless controversies by talking about things such as how a ‘quintessential’ Indian woman looks like
Hindu Editorial usage : Rather than wade into needless controversies by talking about things such as how a ‘quintessential’ Indian woman looks like
  • couch (verb) – express, communicate, say.
Hindu Editorial usage :  which, given the manner the remark was couched, is something of an affront to Tripura’s ethnic diversity 
  • affront (noun) – insult, offence, indignity/humiliation.
Hindu Editorial usage :  which, given the manner the remark was couched, is something of an affront to Tripura’s ethnic diversity 
  • urge (verb ) – advise, recommend, encourage.
Hindu Editorial usage : he should be urged by his political bosses to let his performance, rather than his loose tongue, to do the talking. 
Hindu Editorial usage : he should be urged by his political bosses to let his performance, rather than his loose tongue, to do the talking. 
  • hanker (verb) – wish, desire, longing/yearning.
Hindu Editorial usage : His advice to people to increase household savings instead of hankering after a government job 
  • constituency (noun) – citizenry (in a region) who elect a representative to a legislative body. citizenry (noun) – all the people/citizens (of a place/country considered as a whole).
Hindu Editorial usage : to address the youth constituency that is seen to have voted the BJP to power on the desire for better jobs.
  • let down (phrasal verb) – fail, disappoint; neglect.
Hindu Editorial usage : All around, Mr. Deb is letting down his office and the people of Tripura.
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