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Responding to Irom Sharmila – The Hindu (Aug 11, 2016)

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:

  1. Set someone free (phrase) – free, release; liberate.
  2. Hunger strike (noun) – time during which someone refuses to eat as a protest. (Courtesy: BBC Learning English).
  3. Unfold (verb) – develop, evolve, happen, take place, occur.
  4. Poignantly (adverb) – distressingly, agonisingly, painfully, upsettingly.
  5. Atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality/savagery, cruelty, violation.
  6. Agency (noun) – a person or thing through that something is achieved/accomplished.
  7. Roll back (verb) –  remove, reverse, annul, avoid, cancel, invalidate.
  8. Cloak (noun) – cover, screen, mask, camouflage, shield.
  9. Immunity (noun) – exemption, exception, freedom, impunity; indemnity, liberty.
  10. Force-fed – past tense of Force-feed (verb) – force someone to eat.
  11. Repeal (verb) – revoke, cancel, reverse, annul, nullify, invalidate.
  12. Call off (phrasal verb) – cancel, abandon, shelve, scrap, drop.
  13. Betrayal (noun) – disloyalty, bad faith, falseness; duplicity, deception.
  14. Shelter (verb) – protect, keep safe, shield, cover.
  15. Peculiar (adjective) – distinctive, characteristic, particular, specific, unique.
  16. Implicit in (adjective) – be found in, connected with; potential, possible.
  17. As it were (phrase) – so to speak, in a way, to some extent, sort of.
  18. Unflinching (adjective) – resolute, determined, single-minded, firm, persistent.
  19. In the face of  (phrase) – in a situation to face (deal with) something difficult.
  20. Apathy (noun) – lack of interest, indifference, unresponsiveness, dispassion, unconcern; inactivity, inaction, dullness, lethargy.
  21. Thread (noun) – train of thought, drift, direction, subject, theme.
  22. Akin (adjective) – similar, related, comparable, parallel.
  23. 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).
  24. Pedestal (noun ) – hold in high regard/admiration, respect.
  25. Unyielding (adjective) – resolute, inflexible, uncompromising; firm, determined.

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