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2. Ratchet [rach-it]
Example: It puts students into a constant struggle akin to that of ‘survival’.
3. Akin [uh-kin]
Example: It’s an “educational calamity” in India, unreported, unaddressed and as ubiquitous as invisible.
4. Ubiquitous [yoo-bik-wi-tuh s]
Example: This is not a rhetoric, but let’s pause for a moment to see what have we internalised.
5. Rhetoric [ret-er-ik]
6. Internalise [in-tur-nl-ahyz]
Example: In the long run, instilling such loathing of failure among our students drives them to calibrate their ethical compass to what wins, not what is right.
7. Loathing [loh-th ing]
8. Calibrate [kal-uh-breyt]
Example: You either have intellectually elite colleges, a handful of them, or a vast majority of mediocre ones which have lost their ability to even signal the quality of their students — one of the most basic purposes for an educational institution to exist.
9. Intellectual [in-tl-ek-choo-uh l]
10. Elite [ih-leet, ey-leet]
Example: The trajectory to professional success then crucially hinges on your ability to secure a seat in one of the good colleges.
1. Trajectory [truh-jek-tuh-ree]
Noun: the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight; Geometry. a curve or surface that cuts all the curves or surfaces of a given system at a constant angle.
Example: The lack of an adequate number of quality institutions then ratchets up the value of the few better ones unusually high.
2. Ratchet [rach-it]
Noun: a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
Verb: to move by degrees (often followed by up or down).
Synonyms: prong, cogwheel, differential, fang, gear, pinion.
Example: It puts students into a constant struggle akin to that of ‘survival’.
3. Akin [uh-kin]
Adjective: of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively); allied by nature; having the same properties; having or showing an affinity; kindred.
Synonyms: analogous, comparable, similar, affiliated, agnate, alike.
Antonyms: dissimilar, unalike, unlike, alien, disconnected, unconnected.
Example: It’s an “educational calamity” in India, unreported, unaddressed and as ubiquitous as invisible.
4. Ubiquitous [yoo-bik-wi-tuh s]
Adjective: existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.
Synonyms: everywhere, omnipresent, pervasive, universal, all-over, ubiquitary, wall-to-wall.
Antonyms: rare, scarce.
Example: This is not a rhetoric, but let’s pause for a moment to see what have we internalised.
5. Rhetoric [ret-er-ik]
Noun: (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast; the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech; the study of the effective use of language; the ability to use language effectively; the art of prose in general as opposed to verse.
Synonyms: hyperbole, oratory, address, balderdash, bombast, composition.
Antonyms: quiet, conciseness.
6. Internalise [in-tur-nl-ahyz]
Verb: to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification; to make subjective or give a subjective character to; Linguistics. to acquire (a linguistic rule, structure, etc.) as part of one’s language competence.
Synonyms: embody, incarnate, incorporate, personalize, attribute, impute, manifest.
Antonym: detach.
Example: In the long run, instilling such loathing of failure among our students drives them to calibrate their ethical compass to what wins, not what is right.
7. Loathing [loh-th ing]
Noun: strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
Synonyms: contempt, disgust, dislike, enmity, hatred, revulsion, detestation, repugnance.
Antonyms: admiration, approval, like, liking, love, loving, respect.
8. Calibrate [kal-uh-breyt]
Verb: to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements); to divide or mark with gradations, graduations, or other indexes of degree, quantity, etc., as on a thermometer, measuring cup, or the like.
Synonyms: balance, correct, fine-tune, fix, improve, overhaul, readjust, regulate.
Antonyms: disorganize, break, damage, destroy, dull, hurt.
Example: You either have intellectually elite colleges, a handful of them, or a vast majority of mediocre ones which have lost their ability to even signal the quality of their students — one of the most basic purposes for an educational institution to exist.
9. Intellectual [in-tl-ek-choo-uh l]
Adjective: appealing to or engaging the intellect; of or relating to the intellect or its use; possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, especially to a high degree; guided or developed by or relying on the intellect rather than upon emotions or feelings; rational.
Synonyms: brilliantly, judiciously, logically, prudently, rationally, reasonably, sensibly.
Antonyms: badly, foolishly, stupidly, unintelligently.
Related forms: Intellectually.
10. Elite [ih-leet, ey-leet]
Noun: the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons; persons of the highest class; a group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group.
Synonyms: exclusive, choice, cool, crack, elect, noble, pick.
Antonyms: bad, inferior, poor, second-rate, common, low-class.
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