Reading Suggestion-1
Article Name: Of iconoclasts, autocrats, dictators
Author Name: Khaled Ahmed
Source: The Indian Express
Category: History
Five Words to learn from this article:
Memoir: A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.
Articulation: The formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech.
Paltry: (Of an amount) very small or meagre.
Defiance: Open resistance; bold disobedience.
Endear: Cause to be loved or liked.
Reading Suggestion-2
Article Name: If we are a great nation, we have to prove it
Author Name: Karan Thapar
Source: Hindustan Times
Category: Politics/Society
Five Words to learn from this article:
Grandiloquence: A type of talk that is pompous and bombastic, full of pretty-sounding words and elegant turns of phrase that add up to nothing.
Underpin: Support, justify, or form the basis for.
Pillory: Attack or ridicule publicly.
Horde: A large group of people.
Retaliate: Make an attack in return for a similar attack.
Reading Suggestion-3
Article Name: Amnesty by another name
Author Name: Arun Kumar
Source: The Indian Express
Category: Business/Economy
Five Words to learn from this article:
Tepid: Showing little enthusiasm.
Amnesty: An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences.
Infirmity: Physical or mental weakness.
Pursuit: An activity of a specified kind, especially a recreational or sporting one.
Dilemma: A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially ones that are equally undesirable.
