by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Invasive • a) Tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully. Usage: Some mangroves are invasive, but many are vital coastline protectors. • b) Tending to intrude on a person’s thoughts or privacy. Usage: He worries about Amazon’s invasive data...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Figurehead • A leader whose powers are entirely symbolic, such as a constitutional monarch. Usage: In many countries today, kings and queens are merely figureheads. 2. Star Chamber • A secretive council or other group within a government that possesses the actual...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Profligate • Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources. Usage: Profligate consumers of energy. • A licentious, dissolute person. Usage: He is a drunkard and a profligate. 2. Puppet state • Puppet government, is a state that is de jure independent...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Mutiny • A rebellion against authority. Mutiny is a criminal conspiracy among a group of people to openly oppose, change, or overthrow a lawful authority to which they are subject. Usage: Ser Alliser always hated Jon Snow and ultimately led the fatal mutiny against...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Banking lobby • The Banking Lobby refers to the representatives from various firms and organizations seeking favourable terms from governments for big banks and other financial service companies through lobbying and advocacy groups. Usage: The banking lobby...
by Wordpandit | Jan 1, 2020 | Daily Hindu Vocabulary |
1. Reparation • The action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged. Usage: Japan’s controls were widely seen as retaliation for South Korean court rulings that called for Japanese companies to...