Tournament of the underdog – The Hindu (July 12, 2016)
Such is the nature of knockout tournament football that it is not the team with the most gifted personnel or the finest style of play that necessarily triumphs in the end. Often the trophy is lifted by the side that knows best how to survive. For further reading, visit “The hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Underdog (noun) – predicted loser, weaker person/team.
- Knockout (noun) – the loser is eliminated from a tournament, elimination match/competition.
- Triumph (verb) – win, succeed, be successful.
- Second to none (idiom) – incomparable, matchless, unparalleled; perfect, supreme.
- Dour (adjective) – stern, unsmiling, grim, gloomy, serious, solemn.
- Iberian (adjective) – a native of Portugal and Spain.
- Ride one’s luck (idiom) – a player/team with enough luck to win his/her/their game apart from their efforts.
- Along the way (idiom) – during the time of something.
- By the skin of one’s teeth (idiom) – just, by a margin.
- Over the course of time (idiom) – as happening over the time.
- Talisman (noun) – lucky charm, charm, mascot.
- Stretcher off (verb) – carrying a sick/injured person on a stretcher.
- In tears (phrase) – crying.
- Sob (verb) – weep, cry noisily, shed tears.
- Cement (verb) – establish strongly.
- Legacy (noun) – footprint, achievement, feat, accomplishment.
- In the shadow of (phrase) – in a situation when attention is influenced something else.
- Hauntingly (adverb) – in a haunting/poignant manner.
- Poignant (adjective) – affecting, touching, moving, emotional, impactful, impressive.
- En route (adverb) – on the way, on the journey, coming/going, proceeding.
- Fervid (adjective) – showing feelings so strongly, ardent, emotional, impassioned, passionate.
- Uncelebrated (adjective) – unfamous, unknown, unrecognized.
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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