The long healing of 1971 – The Hindu (April 08, 2017)

The long healing of 1971 – The Hindu (April 08, 2017)

It is the morning of March 28 and there is a sea of students milling around the canteen of Dhaka University. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2:

1. grapple with (verb) – struggle, deal with, tackle.
2. mill around (verb) – move around in a confused mass; throng.
3. crescendo (noun) – peak, top, high point.
4. crackdown (noun) – clampdown, getting tough/severe measures, suppression.
5. dorm (noun) – a dormitory (large (bed) room in a school hostel).
6. shriek (noun) – high-pitched scream, screech, roar, hell.
7. dread (noun) – fear, apprehension, anxiety.
8. drench (verb) – soak, wet through.
9. crane (verb) – stretch out one’s body or neck in order to see something.
10. discourse (noun) – debate, argument, discussion.
11. gruesome (adjective) – horrible, terrible, repulsive.
12. eclipse (verb) – outshine, overshadow, put in the shade.
13. subversion (noun) – the act of undermining, worsening, reducing (power & authority gradually).
14. genocide (noun) – mass murder, massacre, racial killing.
15. wipe out (phrasal verb) – destroy, annihilate, eradicate.
16. savour (verb) – delight in, enjoy, relish.
17. coup (noun) – a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government.
18. pivotal (adjective) – central, crucial, vital/critical.
19. collate (verb) – collect/gather information, accumulate.
20. keepsake (noun) – memento, remembrance, memorial.
21. memorabilia (noun) – an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
22. ambush (verb) – make a surprise attack from a hidden place/position.
23. hark back (phrasal verb) – recall, recollect, think of.
24. revenge (noun) – vengeance, retribution, retaliation.
25. contentious (adjective) – controversial, debatable, disputed.
26. gallows (noun) – execution by hanging.
27. noose (noun) – a loop at the end of a rope (used to execute by hanging).
28. stark (adjective) – clear, simple, blunt/plain.
29. bloodthirsty (adjective) – murderous, violent, sadistic.
30. atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality/savagery, cruelty, inhumanity.
31. tripartite (adjective) – involving three parties.
32. radicalism (noun) –  it denotes political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
33. vicious (adjective) – serious, dangerous, dreadful.
34. machete (noun) – a broad, heavy knife used as a weapon.
35. wield (verb) – hold & use (a weapon).
36. bear the brunt (phrase) – to suffer/get the worst (bad) part of some action.
37. embroil (verb) – involve, entangle, enmesh (in a conflict/difficult situation).
38. assassinate (verb) – murder, kill, execute.
39. excesses (noun) – very bad, wrong, violent behaviour.
40. reconciliation (noun) – reunion, appeasement, restoration of harmony.

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