Kazuo Ishiguro – The Hindu (Oct 07, 2017)

Kazuo Ishiguro – The Hindu (Oct 07, 2017)

By awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature to British-Japanese novelist Kazuo Ishiguro this year, the Swedish Academy has pulled itself back to more classical criteria in deciding who makes the cut. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2(To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. abundantly (adverb) – extremely, distinctly, highly.
2. pull back (phrasal verb) – withdraw, retreat, draw back.
3. make the cut (phrase) – to avoid elimination, to succeed at something & to be chosen out of a field of candidates.
4. strive (verb) – make great efforts, try, attempt to achieve something.
5. trite (adjective) – hackneyed, clichéd, common/ordinary.
6. in a nutshell (phrase) – in short, briefly, in essence.
7. awardee (noun) – the recipient of an award.
8. snub (noun) – rebuff, insult/repulse, affront.
9. purist (noun) – traditionalist, perfectionist, doctrinaire, a person who follows tradition and only tradition.
10. abyss (noun) – divergence/division, contrast, polarity.
11. illusory (adjective) – imaginary, fancied, unreal.
12. evoke (verb) – bring to mind, stimulate, recall.
13. credentials (noun) –  experience, record/achievement, quality.
14. impeccable (adjective) – flawless, perfect, exemplary.
15. albeit (conjunction) – though, even though, however.
16. spare (adjective) – elegantly simple.
17. prose (noun) – written or spoken language in its ordinary/simple form.
18. devastating (adjective) – extremely impressive, effective, appealing.
19. hark back (phrasal verb) – recall, recollect, think of.
20. one’s bearing (noun) – orientation, sense of direction; whereabouts/location.
21. signpost (noun) – guide, indicator, notice.
22. landscape (noun) – the distinctive features of a field of activity.
23. standout (adjective) – exceptionally good.
24. dystopian (adjective) – relating to an imagined place where everything is unpleasant/bad.
25. harvest (verb) – gather, bring in; collect/obtain.

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