June 23 : Lead - An NSA for Hard Times
June 23 : Editorial - Biting the bullet
June 19 : Editorial - Democratic Credentials on the Test
- Nudge : To push against gently
- Amidst : in the middle of
- Dispensation : A system prevailing at a particular time, Exemption from a rule
- Justiciable : subject to trial by court of law
- Capricious : unpredictable, fickle, impulsive
- Hindered : block or make it difficult for someone or something.
- Pasture : land used for grazing
- Agrarian : relating to cultivation and agriculture
- Sever : Put an end to, cutting or slicing something all of a sudden
- Decisive : settling an issue, a quick decision
- Contentious : controversial statement, statement which might lead to an argument.
- Insurgency : armed rebellion against an authority
- Denounced : Condemned, Criticized
- Impunity : exempting from punishment.
- Reminiscent : Resemblance.
- Fitter Away : to waste something.
- Populism - a political belief that supports rights and power of a common man.
- Doctrine - belief
- impinging - having a negative effect or impact
- Expedeint - convenient and practical
- Befallen - tragedy happening to someone
- tantamount - equivalent
- fray - showing the effects of a strain
- anathema - a strong curse
- imperialist - person who belief in imperialism ( a policy which extends power over other countries)
- Ratified - approved
April 12 : Editorial - no More Clean Chits
- Bogged - sound of vehicle stuck in Mud : when things don't intentionally move as planned
- Emboldened - encouraged
- Instigating - Initiated
- Persistence - stubbornness, perseverance ,
- Tortuous - full of Twists and Turns
- Pogrom - Organised massacre of an ethnic group
April 15 : Editorial - Staring down the barrel
- Filibuster - Coming to no conclusion with excessive discussion.
- Disquiet - Anxiety or Worry
- Procedural - relating to a procedure
- Filibustered - Obstruct in a way
- ratified - consent, approved
- infringed - breaking a law
- absurd - ridiculous
April 15 : Editorial - Common sense on capital flows
- Flounder - struggle, difficulty
- arbiter - a person who resolves disputes.
- dogmatically - highly opinionated, inclined to a belief
- espoused - adopt or support
- caveats - a warning or a notice with specifications
- unbridled - Uncontrollable, unconstrained
- reckon - conclude, include, calculate
- austerity - severity, sternness, difficult economic conditions
April 16 : Editorial - Namo and Nitish's Dharma
- warred - engage in a war
- sparred - engage in sligt argument, boxing punches with low intensity
- looming - mirage, one that is appearing large
- unsubtle - obvious, clumsy
- Subtle - that which is difficult to understand, cleverly make a point
- lampooned - publicly criticize
- taunt - make fun, mockery,
- vis-à-vis - as compared with
- tarnish - lose luster, lessen the value of a material
- topsy-turvy - extreme confusion
- adroitly - skillfully doing something in a physical or a mental way
- tainted - contaminated or polluted
- unassailable - impregnable to defeat
April 16 : Editorial - Continuing Chavismo
- interim - provisional, acting, temporary
- portended - be a signal or warning that something momentous would happen
- blight - blast, destroy
- insurgency - an organized rebellion formed to oppose a country
- accrue - grow, increase
- shrift - confession
April 17 : Editorial - Homeland Security breached
- Jubilation - feeling of great happiness and triumph
- amidst - in the middle of
April 17 : Editorial - Not for sale
- Brain stem death - absence of reflexes through the brain stem
- unedifying - event happening in public, distasteful, unpleasant
- cadaver - corpse
- inexorably - impossible to stop or prevent
April 17 : Lead - double talk on political reforms
- unscrupulous - Having or showing no moral principles
- damnation - expressing anger or frustration
- deterrent - intended to discourage someone from doing something
- intrepid - fearless adventurous
- herring - a silver fish of great value
- invoked - called for appeal
- volte face - change in position or opinion
- cudgels - thick stick used as a weapon
- whittle - reduce something in size
- vehement - showing strong feeling
- sway - move or cause to move slowly
- euphemism - a mild or an indirect word to cause intense insult or embarrassment
- reprehensible - deserves condemnation
- peril - serious and immediate danger
April 18 : Editorial - Hit by Violence
- unscrupulous - Having or showing no moral principles
- damnation - expressing anger or frustration
- deterrent - intended to discourage someone from doing something
- intrepid - fearless adventurous
- herring - a silver fish of great value
- invoked - called for appeal
- volte face - change in position or opinion
- cudgels - thick stick used as a weapon
- whittle - reduce something in size
- vehement - showing strong feeling
- sway - move or cause to move slowly
- euphemism - a mild or an indirect word to cause intense insult or embarrassment
- reprehensible - deserves condemnation
- peril - serious and immediate danger
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