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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 …
Vocabulary Exercise – 5 English Skill Building – 5 Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Odyssey For Kanheya Kumar, the odyssey from Begulsarai to JNU and back has been very eventful. He has recorded his experiences in his book ‘From Bihar to Tihar.’ …
Vocabulary Exercise – 4 English Skill Building – 4 For CBSE, ICSE, ISC, CHSE, NCERT and all state board students – Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Epochal In the days leading up to the collapse of the Soviet Union and in its …
Vocabulary Exercise – 3 English Skill Building – 3 For CBSE, ICSE, ISC, CHSE, NCERT and all state board students – Learn new words and phrases with practical examples Barrel [as verb] It means moving too fast, almost in an uncontrolled way. The minister’s son …