{"id":13883,"date":"2022-01-18T12:19:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T06:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=13883"},"modified":"2022-01-18T12:19:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T06:49:23","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-18-2022-day-216","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-jan-18-2022-day-216\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Jan 18, 2022; Day 216"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Words\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Throttle&nbsp;<\/td><td>Place limits on (extent, amount or access)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Endemic&nbsp;<\/td><td>native to or confined to a certain region<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Deplete&nbsp;<\/td><td>Use (resources or materials) over time in order to function<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Haunting&nbsp;<\/td><td>Having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thumping&nbsp;<\/td><td>Very large<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sacrilege&nbsp;<\/td><td>Blasphemous behaviour; the act of depriving something of its sacred character<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boot out&nbsp;<\/td><td>Remove from a position or office<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Salvage&nbsp;<\/td><td>Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stomp&nbsp;<\/td><td>to walk with a loud heavy step usually in anger<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Narcissistic&nbsp;<\/td><td>Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/exams\/banking\/ibps-clerk\/?refcode=3477&amp;utm_source=Blog_The+Hindu+Editorial+Vocabulary%E2%80%93+Jan+18%2C+2022%3B+Day+216_180122_IBPSCM&amp;utm_medium=Link&amp;utm_campaign=IBPSCM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IBPS-Clerk-Mains-Mock-1024x128.jpg\" alt=\"IBPS Clerk Mains Mock\" class=\"wp-image-12584\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chance and change: on Punjab polls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Despite changes in government, the burning issues remain unsolved in Punjab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the last Assembly election in 2017, Punjab politics has changed considerably, though the issues that <strong>throttled (Place limits on (extent, amount or access)) <\/strong>the State then continue to do so even now. Unemployment, <strong>endemic (native to or confined to a certain region) <\/strong>drug abuse, mafias that control the liquor and sand trade, farm debts, and <strong>depleting (Use (resources or materials) over time in order to function) <\/strong>groundwater are among the <strong>haunting (Having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect) <\/strong>problems. In 2017, led by Captain Amarinder Singh, the Congress party came to power with a <strong>thumping (Very large) <\/strong>majority, winning 77 of the 117 Assembly seats. The election saw a triangular fight with a new entrant, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), coming into the State\u2019s political arena. The Congress promises then included punishing the main culprits behind the <strong>sacrilege (Blasphemous behaviour; the act of depriving something of its sacred character) <\/strong>of the Guru Granth Sahib and police firing incidents at Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan in 2015, and the cancellation of \u2018faulty\u2019 power purchase agreements, but it could make only limited progress on burning issues. Captain Amarinder was accused of going \u2018soft\u2019 on the Badal family that helmed the previous government and continues to control the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). The Congress <strong>booted him out (boot out means remove from a position or office)<\/strong> in September 2021 in an attempt to <strong>salvage (Prevent being ruined, destroyed, lost, or harmed) <\/strong>its fortunes, but ended up with chaos at the top. <strong>Stomping (to walk with a loud heavy step usually in anger) <\/strong>a <strong>narcissistic (Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance) <\/strong>trail, party State president Navjot Singh Sidhu undermines the party and the authority of Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who has grown in stature, though his elevation was the result of chance circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Congress is caught in a bind. The elevation of Mr. Channi, the first Dalit to become the State Chief Minister, has perked up its support among the community that is nearly a third of the population. But that might upset the Jat Sikhs who dominate Punjab\u2019s power structure. The Hindus who largely voted for the Congress are also uneasy about the panthic \u2014 Sikh religious \u2014 politics being championed by Mr. Sidhu. The SAD is focusing on its panthic agenda but remains largely listless; the contraption of an alliance between Captain Amarinder\u2019s Punjab Lok Congress, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) and the Bharatiya Janata Party may have a tough challenge in inspiring significant support. Against the backdrop of the year-long farmers\u2019 protest against three farm laws, as many as 22 farm unions have joined hands together to contest elections. AAP is trying to sell its \u2018Delhi model of governance\u2019, and its bid for power this time appears serious. It is showering promises, which include a monthly dole of \u20b91,000 to all women voters above 18 if elected to power. SAD\u2019s credibility is at a low, and the Congress is its own worst enemy in the State. All that and AAP\u2019s ability to feel the pulse of the voters make the Punjab contest an open field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/exams\/banking\/ibps-clerk\/?refcode=3477&amp;utm_source=Blog_The+Hindu+Editorial+Vocabulary%E2%80%93+Jan+18%2C+2022%3B+Day+216_180122_IBPSCM&amp;utm_medium=Link&amp;utm_campaign=IBPSCM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IBPS-Clerk-Mains-Mock-1024x128.jpg\" alt=\"IBPS Clerk Mains Mock\" class=\"wp-image-12584\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/vocabulary\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-download-free-pdf\/\">Download the Lists of Word-Meanings of Previous Months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your word-power with the help of this daily recurring series where we analyze the difficult words published in prominent editorials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1480,9,11,25,5,48,1312,2,19,1315,31,16,47],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-13883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esic-mts","category-esic-udc","category-ibps-clerk","category-ibps-po","category-ibps-so","category-nabard-grade-a","category-nhb","category-rbi-assistant","category-rbi-grade-b","category-sbi-cbo","category-sbi-clerk","category-ssc-cgl","category-vocabulary","tag-editorials-difficult-words-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Jan 18, 2022; 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