| connive |
Secretly allow (something considered immoral, illegal, wrong, or harmful) to occur |
you have it in your power to connive at my escape |
| vie |
contend for superiority |
Congress vies for more LS seats |
| rejig |
to rearrange, alter, or manipulate, sometimes in a slightly unscrupulous way |
Under fire for letting Pak off hook,govt to rejig position |
| quash |
to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.) |
HC quashes four-year police case against teenage volunteer |
| satiated |
satisfied, as one's appetite or desire, to the point of boredom. |
Defence min eats his words, BJP satiated |
| turn turtle |
to overturn; upset |
Actor's car turns turtle at Oshiwara on way back from friend's party |
| mayhem |
random or deliberate violence or damage |
"There was mayhem in Kishtwar town for over 8 hours. This situation should have been brought under control immediately," Arun Jaitley said in Rajya Sabha |
| indigenous |
inherent; natural;originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; |
Indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant launched |
| Spar |
to bandy words; dispute. |
Manmohan, Subbarao spar over RBI's policies |
