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Vocabulary Exercise – 15 English Skill Building – 15 Learn six new words and phrases with practical examples Temperate Meaning 1 – Sadhus are temperate in their food habits. They eat moderate and frugal meals. They are temperate in their speech and act. The young …
Vocabulary Exercise – 14 English Skill Building – 14 Learn six new words and phrases with practical examples Animus After long parleys between the upper and lower caste communities in the presence of the social activist, the animus between the two communities has reduced dramatically. …
Vocabulary Exercise – 13 English Skill Building – 13 Learn six new words and phrases with practical examples Testament Meaning 1 – The growing popularity of Delhi’s government-run schools is a testament to the visible improvement in their quality of teaching brought about by the …
Vocabulary Exercise – 12 English Skill Building – 12 Learn six new words and phrases with practical examples Broadside As soon as the session started, the opposition leader launched a broadside on the government for its failure to protect the minorities. Paean In the election …
Vocabulary Exercise – 11 English Skill Building – 11 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Hegemony No Islamic country likes to remain under American hegemony. In Indian political parties, there is no internal democracy. As a result, the party members have to operate …
Vocabulary Exercise – 10 English Skill Building – 10 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Affront In an election speech in Bihar, Prime minister Modi said that Bihar is known for its poverty and backwardness. Although he said so out of sympathy and …
Vocabulary Exercise – 9 English Skill Building – 9 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Soothsayer This is election time in India. Politicians of all hues are flocking to soothsayers to know if they would win. A soothsayer in Sri Lanka now claims …
Vocabulary Exercise – 8 English Skill Building – 8 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Fete [as noun] The girl wanted to stage a dance show in the fete organized in her school to raise money for the widows of the Pulwama CISF …
Vocabulary Exercise – 7 English Skill Building – 7 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Grandstand [as noun] The grandstand from which Modi was to speak in the election meeting was checked for security multiple agencies like the state police, the IB, and …
Vocabulary Exercise – 6 English Skill Building – 6 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Beholden In India, voters have an impression that both BJP and Congress, the two main political parties are beholden to corporate interests. This is largely true. Russians may …