Daily Vocab From The Hindu And Other Editorials- 19-March-2017




1.pips - चहकना


2. charred-जले हुए


3. feast-दावत


4.vows -प्रतिज्ञा -Punjab vows to end VIP culture, crack down on drugs


5 .resurface-पुनर्जीवित, पुनर्निर्माण करना, - put a new coating on or reform (a surface such as a road, a floor, or ice)., come back up to the surface
ex-Sui clerics resurface in Pak.


6.onslaught-हमला,  ‘Polls a battle to stop BJP’s onslaught’

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