👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 2--> 5 MAY👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 2  from editorial - Raising Fences💥

fence (noun) – barrier, hurdle, obstacle.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Raising fences

plight (noun) – difficult/tough/unfortunate situation, predicament.
Hindu Editorial usage : on the plight of britons of windies origin

Windrush generation (noun) – People arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries have been labelled as Windrush generation.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The Windrush scandal marks another episode in Europe’s hardening politics on immigration

hardening (adjective) – tough, severe, stiffening.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The Windrush scandal marks another episode in Europe’s hardening politics on immigration

dent (verb) – diminish, reduce, weaken.
Hindu Editorial usage :   denting the continent’s image as being open, liberal and tolerant.

tolerant (adjective) – open-minded, unprejudiced, unbiased.
Hindu Editorial usage :   denting the continent’s image as being open, liberal and tolerant.

vessel (noun) – boat, ship, yacht/craft.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The Windrush generation, named after one of the many vessels that ferried some half a million people from the Caribbean islands to the U.K.

ferry (verb) – transport, convey, carry.
Hindu Editorial usage :  The Windrush generation, named after one of the many vessels that ferried some half a million people from the Caribbean islands to the U.K. in the late 1940s,

ruthless (adjective) – harsh,  severe, unrelenting.
Hindu Editorial usage :  has fallen victim to a ruthless policy that stipulates annual net immigration objectives. 

stipulate (verb) – formulate, lay down, prescribe.
Hindu Editorial usage :  has fallen victim to a ruthless policy that stipulates annual net immigration objectives. 

in the wake of (phrase) – aftermath, as a result of, because of.
Hindu Editorial usage :  In its wake, people with cultural links to the region but who have lived all their lives in the U.K. are having to provide proof of residence

deportation (noun) – banishment, expulsion, expatriation.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Inability to furnish such evidence has been met with job losses, threat of deportation, withdrawal of welfare benefits and even denial of critical medical care

trauma (verb) – a distressing or disturbing, torment experience.
Hindu Editorial usage :   For Britons of West Indies origin, the enormous emotional trauma of being regarded as aliens in a country that had invited their families to rebuild its economy must be hard enough to endure

alien (noun) – foreigner, non-native, immigrant.
Hindu Editorial usage :   For Britons of West Indies origin, the enormous emotional trauma of being regarded as aliens in a country that had invited their families to rebuild its economy must be hard enough to endure

endure (verb) – last, continue, prevail/persist.
Hindu Editorial usage :   For Britons of West Indies origin, the enormous emotional trauma of being regarded as aliens in a country that had invited their families to rebuild its economy must be hard enough to endure

beat the receiving end of something (phrase) – be subjected to something.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Knowledge that they are at the receiving end of a policy devised by Prime Minister Theresa May when she was in charge of the Home Office only adds to their anxiety

saga (noun) – story, chronicle, history.
Hindu Editorial usage :   The Windrush saga is a reminder of the grotesque response from some central European governments in 2015 to prevent desperate Syrian migrants from entering their territory.

grotesque (adjective) – ugly, distorted, twisted.
Hindu Editorial usage :   The Windrush saga is a reminder of the grotesque response from some central European governments in 2015 to prevent desperate Syrian migrants from entering their territory.

desperate (adjective) – hopeless, anguished, distressed.
Hindu Editorial usage :   The Windrush saga is a reminder of the grotesque response from some central European governments in 2015 to prevent desperate Syrian migrants from entering their territory.

shortcomings (noun) – fault, flaw, imperfection/defect.
Hindu Editorial usage :  It is arguable whether the debate over the so-called illegal immigration across the industrialised world has focussed attention on systemic shortcomings and genuine violations.

typify (verb) – symbolize, represent, demonstrate/exemplify.
Hindu Editorial usage :  But surely, the controversy has typified the inability of governments to manage the political fallout from the current phase of globalisation and trade liberalisation.

fallout (noun) – adverse results; repercussions, after-effects.
Hindu Editorial usage :  But surely, the controversy has typified the inability of governments to manage the political fallout from the current phase of globalisation and trade liberalisation.

globalisation (noun) – the process of making the trade of goods and services equivalent in all nations 
Hindu Editorial usage :  But surely, the controversy has typified the inability of governments to manage the political fallout from the current phase of globalisation and trade liberalisation.

liberalisation (noun) – removal or loosening of restrictions on something, typically an economic or political system.
Hindu Editorial usage :  But surely, the controversy has typified the inability of governments to manage the political fallout from the current phase of globalisation and trade liberalisation.

enshrine (verb) – to enclose in, preserve, treasure, protect (as valuable).
Hindu Editorial usage :  This is especially true of the EU, which has enshrined the free movement of people as a fundamental principle.

erstwhile (adjective) – old, previous, former.
Hindu Editorial usage :   Consequently, the 2004 expansion of the bloc into the countries of the erstwhile Soviet Union afforded nations in Western Europe cheap immigrant labour and compliance with better standards.

fillip (noun) – stimulus, boost, encouragement.
Hindu Editorial usage :  But the process also gave a fillip to xenophobic parties of the extreme right across the region, threatening to halt immigration.

xenophobic (adjective) – racist, hyper-nationalist, jingoistic.
Hindu Editorial usage :  But the process also gave a fillip to xenophobic parties of the extreme right across the region, threatening to halt immigration.

populist (adjective) – related to politicians who claim that they are representing the common/ordinary people.
Hindu Editorial usage :  Similarly, populist parties in Britain fuelled public anger over the dynamics of closer integration to target EU migrants during the 2016 referendum

referendum (noun) – public vote; a direct vote in which people cast ballots to decide on a specific issue or policy
Hindu Editorial usage :  Similarly, populist parties in Britain fuelled public anger over the dynamics of closer integration to target EU migrants during the 2016 referendum


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