Daily English Vocab
PDF 25th Dec 2016
Spreading Chaos
The assassination (हत्या/मार देना) of Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov by a Turkish
policeman incensed (क्रुद्ध /नाराज होकर) over Russia’s military intervention in Syria, and the terror
attack on a Berlin Christmas market that has been connected to a Pakistani national, symbolize the
instability and disorder that has set into international affairs today. Both incidents are
symptomatic (सच
ू क/प्रतीक) of a larger process being driven by a new form of nationalism that rides
roughshod over multilateral institutions. In the Middle East, for example, an explosion of
sectarian (विशेष सबं ध
ं ी/साम्प्प्रदावयक) tensions mixed with larger geopolitical rivalries has plunged the
region into chaos (अराजकता/अव्यिस्था).
The US military intervention in Iraq in the previous decade set the template for a smash-and-grab
approach to foreign policy. Global organizations like the UN came to be viewed as effete
(अशक्त/सामर्थययहीन). Russia followed suit by intervening in Ukraine and now Syria. China feels it can
disregard international norms and lord it over the South China Sea, even as it rides roughshod
(without thinking or caring about the opinions, rights, or feelings of others) over other
Asian nations.
As a result of these aggressive assertions, the authority of multilateral institutions has been ripped
apart. Can the UN’s effort to fight global terrorism be taken seriously if China continuously
thwarts (नाकाम बनाना/व्यथय करना) India’s attempts to blacklist known Pakistani terrorists? If the Berlin
terror attack is connected to a Pakistani national it will affirm (पवु ि होना), once again, that country’s
status as a global terror hub. Yet the international community mollycoddles (अत्यवधक ध्यान देना) it and
fails to exert enough pressure for it to undergo a de-radicalization (मौविक अपररितयनिाद या असध
ु ारिाद)
process. Global terror cannot be addressed by just closing national borders, an argument even more
valid for other pressing challenges such as climate change. Multilateral institutions need to be
repaired and reformed to enforce a fair global rulebook, prevent tragedies like the destruction of
Aleppo, and tackle collective challenges.
(Courtesy: The Times of India)
1. Assassination (noun): The act of murdering (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret
attack often for political reasons. (हत्या/मार देना)
 Synonyms: Manslaughter, Murder, Kill, Put to Death.
 Antonyms: Safe, Guarded, Protection.
Example: British police have uncovered an assassination plot against the Prime Minister.
Verb forms: Assassinate, Assassinated, Assassinated.
Related words:
 Assassinate (verb) – हत्या करना
2. Incensed (adjective): To arouse the extreme anger or indignation at. (क्रुद्ध /नाराज)
 Synonyms: Indignant, Resented, Fierce, Angry.
 Antonyms: Pleased, Calmed, Contented, Allegro, Blissful.
Example: Incensed over recent reforms in company policy many employees are leaving company
over dissatisfaction.
Verb forms: Incense, Incensed, Incensed.
Related words:
 Incense (verb) - क्रुद्ध होना/नाराज होना
3. Symptomatic (adjective): Serving as a symptom or sign, especially of something undesirable.
(सच
ू क/प्रतीक)

Synonyms: Indicative, Signaling, Characteristic, Suggestive, Representative, Symbolic,
Denotative.
 Antonyms: Tacit, Non-Suggestive.
Example: Staring at the dark circles underneath her green eyes, the woman wondered if they were
caused by stress or symptomatic of something more serious.
Related words:
 Symptom (adjective) - आसार /लक्षण
4. Sectarian (adjective): Adhering strongly to a certain doctrine or sect. (विशेष सबं ंधी/साम्प्प्रदावयक)
 Synonyms: Fanatic, Dogmatic, Nonconformist, Bigoted.
 Antonyms: Conforming, Broad, Broad-Minded, Liberal, Nonsectarian.
Example: The minister’s sectarian beliefs led him to preach against homosexuality in his church.
Related words:
 Sect (noun) - मत/सम्प्रदाय
5. Chaos (noun): Complete disorder and confusion. / A condition or place of great disorder or
confusion (अराजकता/अव्यिस्था)
 Synonyms: Turmoil, Clutter, Disarray, Muddle.
 Antonyms: Order, Peace, Quietness, Tidiness.
Example: The whole country is in economic chaos because of the collapse of the government.
Related words:
 Chaotic (adjective) – अराजक

Chaotically (adverb) - अव्यवस्थित ढंग से
6. Effete (adjective): No longer capable of effective action./ lacking strength, courage, or spirit.
(अशक्त/सामर्थययहीन)
 Synonyms: Weak, Effeminate, Weakened, Enfeebled, Enervated, Powerless.
 Antonyms: Capable, Productive, Tireless, Useful, Working.
Example: The effete man was scared of his own shadow and hid in the closet during
thunderstorms.
7. Thwart (verb): Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something. (नाकाम बनाना/व्यथय करना)
 Synonyms: Oppose, Prevent, Cramp, Restrain, Mess, Ruin, Aggravate.
 Antonyms: Aid, Allow, Assist, Facilitate, Support, Help.
Example: Someone built this wall with broken bottles set in the top to thwart the intrusion of
outsiders.
Verb forms: Thwart, Thwarted, Thwarted.
Related words:
 Thwarter (noun) - स्वरोधी
8. Affirm (verb): State emphatically or publicly. (पुवि होना)
 Synonyms: Declare, State, Assert, Aver, Proclaim, Pronounce, Pledge.
 Antonyms: Deny, Refute, Reject, Renounce, Repudiate.
Example: The army recruits affirm their commitment to the country by taking an oath.
Verb forms: Affirm, Affirmed, Affirmed.
Related words:
 Affirmation (noun) – अस्िपस्ु ि

Affirmative (adjective) – थवीकारोस्ि

Affirmatively (adverb) – थवीकारात्मक रूप से
9. Mollycoddle (verb): Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way. (अत्यवधक ध्यान देना)
 Synonyms: Heed, Indulge, Cosset.
 Antonyms: Ignore.
Example: There is so much political correctness around that we have to be careful not
to mollycoddle our next generation to the point where they haven't got the character to make it to
the top."
Verb forms: Mollycoddle, Mollycoddled, Mollycoddled.
10. Radicalize (verb): Introduce fundamental or far-reaching changes in. (मौविक पररितयन या सध
ु ार)
 Synonyms: Change Fundamentally or to the root.
 Antonyms: Surfacial, Outer, Outward, Superficial.
Example: The whole political system needs to be radicalized to make it working effectively for
deprived classes.
Verb forms: Radicalize, Radicalized, Radicalized.
Related words:
 De-radicalization (noun) - (मौस्लक अपररवततनवाद या असधु ारवाद)
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