{"id":30128,"date":"2022-12-27T10:57:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T05:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/?p=30128"},"modified":"2022-12-27T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T05:27:36","slug":"the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-dec-27-2022-day-391","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.practicemock.com\/blog\/the-hindu-editorial-vocabulary-dec-27-2022-day-391\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary\u2013 Dec 27, 2022; Day 391"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Difficult Word\/ Phrase<\/td><td>Contextual Sense<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Roller-coaster&nbsp;<\/td><td>a feeling, situation, or experience that changes very quickly<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Polity&nbsp;<\/td><td>A politically organized unit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Disincentive&nbsp;<\/td><td>A negative motivational influence<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Blatant&nbsp;<\/td><td>Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Expedient&nbsp;<\/td><td>Appropriate to a purpose; practical<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wheeling-dealing&nbsp;<\/td><td>an attempt to make a deal or get an advantage by using complicated and sometimes dishonest or unfair methods<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Belie&nbsp;<\/td><td>Be in contradiction with<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Faction&nbsp;<\/td><td>a small group of people within a larger one whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Manoeuvre&nbsp;<\/td><td>A plan for attaining a particular goal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Volte-face&nbsp;<\/td><td>a complete change in a plan of action, opinion or policy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wrangling&nbsp;<\/td><td>An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plum&nbsp;<\/td><td>A highly desirable position or assignment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Patronage&nbsp;<\/td><td>granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Subvert&nbsp;<\/td><td>Cause the downfall of<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Perpetuate&nbsp;<\/td><td>Cause to continue or prevail<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Upheaval&nbsp;<\/td><td>A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Power <strong>roller-coaster (a feeling, situation, or experience that changes very quickly)<\/strong>: On Maoists and UML sharing power in Nepal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Maoists and the UML are back to sharing power despite not winning the mandate for it<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There seems to be no limit to the opportunism in Nepal\u2019s top <strong>polity (A politically organized unit)<\/strong>. Newly minted Prime Minister Pushpa Kumar Dahal\u2019s Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) was part of a six-party alliance led by the Nepali Congress that collectively finished just above the absolute majority mark in the parliamentary elections held in November. The CPN(M-C) won just 11.13% of the votes, getting 32 seats in the 275-member House of Representatives. The party\u2019s poor performance was hardly any <strong>disincentive (A negative motivational influence) <\/strong>for Mr. Dahal to claim the post of prime minister from his party\u2019s senior partner, the NC. After being denied this, legitimately, in his <strong>blatant (Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious) <\/strong>hunger for power, he immediately took the <strong>expedient (Appropriate to a purpose; practical) <\/strong>route of aligning with the leading Opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) led by Khadga Prasad Oli, securing the Prime Minister\u2019s post, for a period of half of the term of the new government. The new coalition led by the UML and the Maoists includes the newcomer Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and five smaller parties. The RSP promised a break in the political <strong>wheeling-dealing (an attempt to make a deal or get an advantage by using complicated and sometimes dishonest or unfair methods)<\/strong> that has characterised Nepali politics but the fact that it jumped at the first chance to join an opportunist alliance \u2014 its leader Rabi Lamichhane is now Deputy Prime Minister and a Home Minister in the government \u2014 would have <strong>belied (Be in contradiction with) <\/strong>the hopes of its adherents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The renewal of the alliance between the two \u201cleftist\u201d parties \u2014 barely years after the falling out between the UML faction led by Mr. Oli and the Maoists led to a change of government with the NC aligning with the Maoists and a smaller UML <strong>faction (a small group of people within a larger one whose members have some different aims and beliefs to those of the larger group) <\/strong>led by Madhav Kumar Nepal besides other parties \u2014 suggests that the loaves of power, rather than ideology or principle, are what are more tempting for Mr. Oli and Mr. Dahal. The \u201cLeft\u201d alliance had after all broken up due to legitimate grievances with Mr. Oli\u2019s authoritarian attitude and his <strong>manoeuvres (A plan for attaining a particular goal) <\/strong>to hold on to power. For Mr. Dahal to repeat his habit of performing political <strong>volte-faces (a complete change in a plan of action, opinion or policy)<\/strong> and to join hands with Mr. Oli despite a clear mandate for the pre-election coalition that he was a part of, suggests yet another period of opportunistic political <strong>wrangling (An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)) <\/strong>that would hamper governance in Nepal. Mr. Oli has managed to make the best out of an unfavourable situation for his party by securing nominations to the post of President and Speaker from his party, reportedly as part of the arrangement with Mr. Dahal, besides gaining <strong>plum (A highly desirable position or assignment) <\/strong>ministerial posts to help with the usual politics of <strong>patronage (granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support)<\/strong>. But by <strong>subverting <\/strong>mandates for short-term gains, the Maoists and the UML are only <strong>perpetuating (Cause to continue or prevail) <\/strong>instability and lowering the trust of the people in the democratic system in a country that endured two <strong>upheavals (A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)) <\/strong>to become a constitutional republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to improve your vocabulary further?&nbsp;<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>Do you want to update your vocabulary on an ongoing basis? 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