Responding to Irom Sharmila – The Hindu (Aug 11, 2016)
Under a high Imphal sky on August 9, Irom Chanu Sharmila finally set herself free from an indefinite hunger strike. For further reading, visit “The hindu”.
Word List:
- Set someone free (phrase) – free, release; liberate.
- Hunger strike (noun) – time during which someone refuses to eat as a protest. (Courtesy: BBC Learning English).
- Unfold (verb) – develop, evolve, happen, take place, occur.
- Poignantly (adverb) – distressingly, agonisingly, painfully, upsettingly.
- Atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality/savagery, cruelty, violation.
- Agency (noun) – a person or thing through that something is achieved/accomplished.
- Roll back (verb) – remove, reverse, annul, avoid, cancel, invalidate.
- Cloak (noun) – cover, screen, mask, camouflage, shield.
- Immunity (noun) – exemption, exception, freedom, impunity; indemnity, liberty.
- Force-fed – past tense of Force-feed (verb) – force someone to eat.
- Repeal (verb) – revoke, cancel, reverse, annul, nullify, invalidate.
- Call off (phrasal verb) – cancel, abandon, shelve, scrap, drop.
- Betrayal (noun) – disloyalty, bad faith, falseness; duplicity, deception.
- Shelter (verb) – protect, keep safe, shield, cover.
- Peculiar (adjective) – distinctive, characteristic, particular, specific, unique.
- Implicit in (adjective) – be found in, connected with; potential, possible.
- As it were (phrase) – so to speak, in a way, to some extent, sort of.
- Unflinching (adjective) – resolute, determined, single-minded, firm, persistent.
- In the face of (phrase) – in a situation to face (deal with) something difficult.
- Apathy (noun) – lack of interest, indifference, unresponsiveness, dispassion, unconcern; inactivity, inaction, dullness, lethargy.
- Thread (noun) – train of thought, drift, direction, subject, theme.
- Akin (adjective) – similar, related, comparable, parallel.
- Rorschach test (noun) – a psychological test/analysis done with a dark mark or stain made by ink (it is also known as the inkblot test).
- Pedestal (noun ) – hold in high regard/admiration, respect.
- Unyielding (adjective) – resolute, inflexible, uncompromising; firm, determined.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.
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