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Today’s article, 'The bind in Bihar: the challenges ahead for Nitish Kumar'has been picked from 'The Hindu'

This article talks about the point of view of Bihar's Chief minister Mr. Nitish Kumar that he may find it hard to avoid a choice between power and principle as Ram Nath Kovind became the President of India.

To read it fully, you can go through the article from the given link below:

The bind in Bihar: the challenges ahead for Nitish Kumar

Challenging Words in the Article -

1)Fleeting (adjective) (क्षणभंगुर) : flee-ting
Meaning - occurring for only a brief time
Synonyms -transient ,momentary , short-lived
Antonyms - perpetual, everlasting, enduring
Example -During the winter months, we are happy to get a fleeting day of warm temperatures.

2)Disentangle (verb) (सुलझाना): dis-en-tang-gull
Meaning - to untangle something
Synonyms: unravel, free, untie
Antonyms - entangle, twist, complicate
Example - As we walked through the jungle, we stopped several times to disentangle ourselves from the hanging vines.

3) Churn (noun) (मंथन): Churn
Meaning - messed up state
Synonyms -agitate, swirl
Antonyms - unruffled, embed, freeze
Example -The restaurant scene is a never-ending churn of openings and closings.

4) Manoeuvred (verb )(पैंतरेबाज़ी): muh-noo-ver
Meaning -a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
Synonyms - controlled, functioned, intrigued
Example -He manoeuvred the car rapidly and avoided the truck.

5) Crutch(noun) (बैसाखी): kruhch
Meaning - a long stick with a crosspiece at the top, used as a support under the armpit by a lame person.
Synonyms - support, prop, bolster
Antonyms -afflict, devastate
Example - He is almost like and emotional crutch for me.

6)Oblige(verb ) (सहायता): ouh-blahyj
Meaning -perform a good deed for someone
Synonyms - require, compel,necessitate
Antonyms - disobey, disappoint
Example - If you would like to see certain things on your tour, please tell the guide so she can oblige your requests if time permits.

7) Yield (verb) ( आत्मसमर्पण): eeld
Meaning - to bow out
Synonyms - relinquish, surrender, hand over
Antonyms - deny, defend
Example - Since I do not know a great deal about the subject, I will yield this question to my well-informed colleague.

8) Axe (verb)( हटाना ): axe
Meaning -end, cancel or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.
Synonyms - terminate, drop, abandon.
Antonyms -keep, defend, acquire
Example -The project has been axed because it's simply too expensive to run.

9) Ditch (verb) ( छोड़ देना ): dich
Meaning -get rid of or give up.
Synonyms -leave, abandon; drop.
Antonyms -hold, stay, togetherness
Example: Plans for the hill station have been ditched seeing the heavy rain.

Word of the Day

Myriad (Noun) - अनगिनत
Meaning -a countless or extremely great number of people or things.
Synonyms: Infinite, endless, numberless
Antonyms - bounded, calculable, limited
Example (English) - The country was still marked by extremes of wealth and poverty, and by myriad social conflicts.
Example (Hindi) - देश तब भी धन और गरीबी की अति और अनगिनत सामाजिक संघर्षों से ग्रस्त था।

Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension, try to answer the following questions-

What do you understand by the phrase "Once bitten, twice shy," as mentioned in the passage?
Why the author had said that there is no certainty that Nitish Kumar will survive as Chief Minister?

Now it's time to check your vocabulary. We have given below some words from the same article. Try to make sentences with these words in the comment section which will be reviewed by us.