👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES -1-> 19 JUNE👀

💥Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial -  Delhi stand-off: Power crisis💥

standoff (noun) – deadlock, stalemate, impasse.
Hindu Editorial usage : The standoff in Delhi has placed everyone in a bad light

in a bad light (phrase) – in an unfavourable situation.
Hindu Editorial usage : The standoff in Delhi has placed everyone in a bad light

provocation (noun) – prompting, inducement, incitement.
Hindu Editorial usage : The immediate provocation for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sitting on a dharna at the residence of the Lt. Governor might have been a run-in with the bureaucracy,

run-in (noun) – argument, dispute, difference of opinion.
Hindu Editorial usage : The immediate provocation for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sitting on a dharna at the residence of the Lt. Governor might have been a run-in with the bureaucracy,

confrontation (noun) – conflict, fighting/, face-off.
Hindu Editorial usage : The Aam Aadmi Party government has a history of confrontation with the Centre on the question of who is the administrative head of a region that is less than a State

strident (adjective) – loud, sharp, harsh/grating.  
Hindu Editorial usage : the demand for Delhi to be given the status of a full-fledged State, allowing it among other things powers over the police, has become strident.

discretionary (adjective) – optional/personal, subjective, arbitrary.
Hindu Editorial usage : Differences extend to the LG’s discretionary powers to appoint the Chief Secretary, with the AAP nursing a grouse that the bureaucratic cadre came directly under the Centre. 

nurse (verb) – foster, encourage, nurture.
Hindu Editorial usage : with the AAP nursing a grouse that the bureaucratic cadre came directly under the Centre. Matters came to a head when Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was assaulted during a late-night meeting in Mr. Kejriwal’s presence. 

grouse (noun) – complaint, grumble, objection.
Hindu Editorial usage : with the AAP nursing a grouse that the bureaucratic cadre came directly under the Centre. Matters came to a head when Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was assaulted during a late-night meeting in Mr. Kejriwal’s presence. 

cadre (noun) – group, team, body.
Hindu Editorial usage : with the AAP nursing a grouse that the bureaucratic cadre came directly under the Centre. Matters came to a head when Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was assaulted during a late-night meeting in Mr. Kejriwal’s presence. 

come to a head (phrase) – reach a crisis, come to a climax, reach a critical point.
Hindu Editorial usage : Matters came to a head when Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was assaulted during a late-night meeting in Mr. Kejriwal’s presence

statutory (adjective) – mandatory, compulsory, binding.
Hindu Editorial usage : Since then, officials have been in a non-cooperative mode, only attending statutory meetings, skipping what they term are “routine” meetings 

precipitate (verb) – cause, lead to, trigger/accelerate.
Hindu Editorial usage :  they may have precipitated a crisis. Members of the BJP responded with a dharna at the Chief Minister’s residence, completing the political spectacle.

spectacle (noun) – display, show, event/scene.
Hindu Editorial usage :  they may have precipitated a crisis. Members of the BJP responded with a dharna at the Chief Minister’s residence, completing the political spectacle.

at risk (phrase) – danger, peril, jeopardy.
Hindu Editorial usage : in adopting the politics of protest as part of its quest to expand the powers of the elected government, the AAP is putting governance at risk. 

mount (verb) – organize, prepare/arrange, set up (a course of action).
Hindu Editorial usage : Instead of mounting a legal challenge to the Centre’s efforts to further curtail the limited powers of the Delhi government, Mr. Kejriwal chose to respond politically.

curtail (verb) – reduce, decrease, lessen.
Hindu Editorial usage : Instead of mounting a legal challenge to the Centre’s efforts to further curtail the limited powers of the Delhi government, Mr. Kejriwal chose to respond politically.

overbearing (adjective) – domineering, oppressive, high-handed.
Hindu Editorial usage : While he might like to be seen as a constitutional functionary whose hands are tied by an overbearing Centre, he is coming across as someone 

come across (phrasal verb) – seem, appear, look.
Hindu Editorial usage : While he might like to be seen as a constitutional functionary whose hands are tied by an overbearing Centre, he is coming across as someone 

underlying (adjective) – fundamental, basic, essential.
Hindu Editorial usage :  but the underlying causes of the present crisis will not disappear without the Centre and the Delhi government agreeing on the terms of engagement through the office of the Lt. Governor.

mock (verb) – ridicule, treat with contempt, taunt. 
Hindu Editorial usage : The BJP cannot mock Mr. Kejriwal out of politics; the Centre will have to deal with him, and work jointly with the AAP government for the welfare of Delhi’s citizens

handcuffs (noun) – shackles, chains, restraints.
Hindu Editorial usage : The way to fight the AAP cannot be by placing handcuffs on the Delhi government. 

at the cost of (phrase) – at the expense of, at the loss of.

Hindu Editorial usage : To push the constitutional limits to acquire more meaningful powers is fine, but it cannot be at the cost of failing to do whatever is possible within the current framework.