PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Counterfactuals -
The claim that if Sardar Patel had been the head of the government, Kashmir would have...
PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Difficulties ahead :-
Whatever happens, the undeclared power struggle between the two main coalition partners will have to...
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
TOPIC OF THE PARAGRAPH -
Improbable hopes -
“Style is art,” Susan Sontag said, questioning the distinction often made between style and substance,...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Fiscal risks
Fiscal risks may also be higher with the reliance on extra-budgetary resources for financing a number...
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORD AND MEANING
PAFAGRAPH OF THE DAY -
Face the inevitable: the spike in bond yields
The sharp rise in bond yields has hit banks...
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH, WORDS AND MEANING
Clarity on the border :-
In the meanwhile, some of the expectations had rewritten themselves. The Joint Working Group — that had...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
Time for clarity: on Doklam stand-off :-
Five months after the government claimed the victory of “quiet diplomacy” to bring the...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS AND MEANING
Countering hate — on murder of migrant worker in Rajasthan
It is an ongoing investigation and very little can be said...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
IS was?: On Islamic State’s defeat :-
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared victory over the Islamic State, signalling an...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, AND MEANING
Symbols of a deeper stirring :-
The old and historically important university at Varanasi is passing through a significant moment. Educational...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS WITH MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS WITH MEANING
INTERMISSION :-
Taxes are of two kinds. A progressive tax can be an instrument of state policy, yielding benefits for the many at...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
With this in mind, Mr. Jaitley has announced a laundry list of ameliorative measures. While his intent is clearly welfarist, resource constraints have forced him to rely significantly...
English Reading Comprehension
English Reading Comprehension
I. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words are printed in bold to help you...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
A year of Trump: how much has changed in the past year?
In delivering his first State of the Union speech on Capitol...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS
For a clean judiciary: the importance of in-house mechanisms
With an in-house committee concluding that a judge of the Allahabad High Court had...
WORDS/VOCAB
WORDS/VOCAB
Acrimony
Meaning: bitterness or ill feeling.
Synonym: ill feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity, hostility, enmity,
Sentence:”the AGM dissolved into acrimony”
Ennui...
WORDS/VOCAB
WORDS/VOCAB
1.Rejuvenate -
Meaning:make (someone or something) look or feel better,
younger, or more vital.
Synonym:revive, revitalize, renew, regenerate, restore,
Antonym: extinguish, kill, quench, suppress
Sentence: “a bid to rejuvenate...
WORDS
WORDS
1.RECALCITRANT (ADJECTIVE): disobedient
Synonyms: fractious, obstinate
Antonyms: agreeable, compliant
Example Sentence: Despite being offered treats by his parents, the little boy was still recalcitrant about doing his homework.
REFRAIN (VERB):stop...
WORDS
WORDS
1.Lash :-
Strike or beat with a whip or stick.
‘they lashed him repeatedly about the head’
2.Batter :-
Strike repeatedly with hard blows.
‘a prisoner was battered to...
PARAGRAPH AND ENGLISH WORDS AND MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND ENGLISH WORDS AND MEANING
Stalemate at WTO: On U.S. obstructionism
The 11th biennial ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation ended in a...
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, MEANING
PARAGRAPH AND WORDS, MEANING
Targetting Hardik
The butt of the attack was not Mr. Gandhi, but Hardik Patel. Commentators felt Mr. Gandhi was naïve to have...
English Reading Comprehension
English Reading Comprehension
Directions (Q. No. 1 -10) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions. Certain words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate...