Current Affairs

Genuflect

Verb
Meaning

• to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
• to express a servile attitude.

Bait

Noun
Meaning

• food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
• a poisoned lure used in exterminating pests.

Secede

Verb
Meaning

• to withdraw formally from an alliance,
• federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization,etc.

Rumpus

Noun
Meaning

• A noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar:
• A heated controversy.

Coerce

Verb
Meaning

• to bring about through the use of force or other forms of compulsion; exact
• to dominate or control, especially by exploiting fear, anxiety, etc.