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Retaining confidence – The Hindu Apr 06 2018

The resounding defeat of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in Sri Lanka’s parliament  provides an opportunity for its bickering leaders to reassess their priorities.For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Today’s Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:

1. reboot (verb) – reinstitute, restore, breathe a new life into.
2. resounding (adjective) – unmistakable, huge/massive, enormous.
3. bickering (adjective) – squabbling, arguing; quarreling/disputing.
4. prevailing (adjective) – existing, present, current.
5. supremacy (noun) – hegemony, dominance, control/power.
6. unravel (verb) – resolve, solve/clarify, clear up.
7. strain (noun) – pressure, stress, demand/burden.
8. debacle (noun) – fiasco/failure, downfall, collapse.
9. helm (verb) – manage, administer, direct/supervise,
10. outbreak (noun) –  outburst, sudden appearance/occurrence.
11. bring down (phrasal verb) – oust, remove, dismiss (from a position/power).
12. sectarian (adjective) – denoting a sect (a group of people); factional, partisan.
13. wedge between (phrase) – separate, cause hostility between.
14. tussle (noun) – scuffle, fight; argument/quarrel.
15. hostility (noun) – aversion, unfriendliness/opposition, antipathy.
16. deter (verb) – stop, prevent, halt/obstruct.
17. bandwagon (noun) – an activity which is fashionable and attracts more people & their support.
18. ought to (modal verb) – must, should.
19. import (verb) – give (an idea).
20. expedite (verb) – speed up, accelerate, hurry.
21. reconciliation (noun) – reunion, appeasement, settlement/compromise.
22. on track (phrase) – on course, on target, on schedule.

Today’s Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:

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