The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Jan 28 2021 Day 462

Difficult Word/ PhraseContextual Sense
Zealous feeling or showing strong and energetic support for a person, cause, etc.
Paternalism the system in which a government or an employer protects the people who are governed or employed by providing them with what they need, but does not give them any responsibility or freedom of choice
Temptation the desire to do something, especially something wrong or unwise
Strike down abolish a law or regulation
Circumscribe restrict (something) within limits
Audacious showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks
turn somethingth on its headto cause something to be the opposite of what it was before
Wager risk (a sum of money or valued item) against someone else’s on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event
Claustrophobic (of a person) having an extreme or irrational fear of confined places
Stranglehold complete or overwhelming control
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