👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2 -> 22 MAY👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial -Victory amid violence: on West Bengal panchayat elections💥

amid (preposition) – in the middle of, surrounded by; during.
Hindu Editorial usage : Victory amid violence: on West Bengal panchayat elections

sweep (noun) – an instance of winning every contest.
Hindu Editorial usage : Trinamool Congress’s sweep in the West Bengal panchayat polls comes at a high cost

cost (noun) – loss, damage, suffering.
Hindu Editorial usage : Trinamool Congress’s sweep in the West Bengal panchayat polls comes at a high cost

conjecture (noun) – opinion, conclusion, idea/notion.
Hindu Editorial usage : The exact scale of the ruling Trinamool Congress’s victory in the May 14 panchayat elections in West Bengal is still a matter of conjecture, as the fate of the uncontested seats is before the Supreme Court.

tier (noun) – level, step, grade (of a structure/system).
Hindu Editorial usage :  it will be the first time since the three-tier rural poll was instituted in 1978 that one-third of the seats have been bagged without even a semblance of a fight.

bag (verb) – win, succeed, secure/acquire.
Hindu Editorial usage :  it will be the first time since the three-tier rural poll was instituted in 1978 that one-third of the seats have been bagged without even a semblance of a fight.

semblance (noun) – appearance; resemblance; similarity.
Hindu Editorial usage :  it will be the first time since the three-tier rural poll was instituted in 1978 that one-third of the seats have been bagged without even a semblance of a fight.

outperform (verb) – be better/greater than, surpass, exceed.
Hindu Editorial usage : When the results of the contested seats were announced on May 17, it was clear that the TMC had outperformed its rivals, 

tailor (verb) – adapt, adjust, modify/change (for a particular purpose).
Hindu Editorial usage :  Some smartly tailored cash transfer schemes directed at the rural poor, combined with a reasonable upgrade of rural-urban infrastructure, appear to have paid off for the ruling party.

pay off (phrasal verb) – succeed, be effective, get results.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Some smartly tailored cash transfer schemes directed at the rural poor, combined with a reasonable upgrade of rural-urban infrastructure, appear to have paid off for the ruling party.

upbeat (adjective) – optimistic, positive, hopeful.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Yet, instead of being upbeat and relaxed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sounded defensive, alleging that many interest groups had “ganged up” against her

gang up (phrasal verb) – combine, team/join up, conspire (to intimidate/oppose someone).
Hindu Editorial usage :  Yet, instead of being upbeat and relaxed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sounded defensive, alleging that many interest groups had “ganged up” against her

unprecedented (adjective) – not done or experienced before.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Her defensiveness drew from the unprecedented violence in the run-up to the polls

run-up to (noun) – a period/time before an important event.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Her defensiveness drew from the unprecedented violence in the run-up to the polls

lumpen (adjective) – unthinking, stupid, foolish.
Hindu Editorial usage : Around 50 people were killed; the security provided for the election was clearly insufficient, and lumpen elements had a free run.

foment (verb) – instigate, incite/excite, stir up.
Hindu Editorial usage : The TMC and the BJP accuse each other of fomenting the violence. 

mar (Verb) – spoil, ruin, impair.
Hindu Editorial usage : In West Bengal, panchayat elections have always been marred by trouble.

ferocity (noun) – intensity, severity, strength.
Hindu Editorial usage :  But the kind of ferocity of the violence before and during last week’s poll has not been seen since the Left Front was ousted after 34 years in power in 2011.

oust (verb) – remove, expel, throw out (from a position/post).
Hindu Editorial usage :  But the kind of ferocity of the violence before and during last week’s poll has not been seen since the Left Front was ousted after 34 years in power in 2011.

run as a tight ship (phrase) – control/operate an organisation in a strict & disciplined manner.
Hindu Editorial usage : The TMC is run as a tight ship, with the party exercising complete control over its cadre.

cadre (noun) – member of a (political) group.
Hindu Editorial usage : The TMC is run as a tight ship, with the party exercising complete control over its cadre.

check (verb) – stop, control, prevent.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The State government clearly failed in checking the violence, either on account of incompetence or some deep sense of insecurity.

incompetence (noun) – inability, incapability, ineptitude.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The State government clearly failed in checking the violence, either on account of incompetence or some deep sense of insecurity.

dislodge (verb) – remove, force out, oust.
Hindu Editorial usage :  it has made no secret of its ambition to try to dislodge the TMC in the 2021 Assembly polls. 

vocal (noun) – outspoken, candid, open/direct.
Hindu Editorial usage : Ms. Banerjee has been extremely vocal in rallying anti-BJP parties to band together at the State and national levels

rally (verb) –  combine, unite, join/band (together).
Hindu Editorial usage : Ms. Banerjee has been extremely vocal in rallying anti-BJP parties to band together at the State and national levels

no holds barred (phrase) – without rules or restrictions (i.e. engage in a conflict/dispute with out any rules/restrictions).
Hindu Editorial usage : But it remains to be seen whether her party has, in fact, ended up damaging itself with the no-holds-barred tactics at the ground level in the panchayat polls.

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