Compulsory English

Vocabulary

No strings attached	When you give something to anybody with strings attached, that means there are conditions or obligations to the recipient. For example, you give a friend a new car and he is obligated not to refuse you if you ask him for a favor.
Quixotic Aspiration	Quixotic = extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. When Aspirations Exceed Expectations: Quixotic Hope Increases Depression among Students.
Pseudoscientific	based on theories and methods erroneously regarded as scientific.
Paticca-samuppada	conditioned genesis, law of dependent origination, pratitya-samutpada, the chain of causes - by breaking the chain, liberation from this endless cycles of rebirth and dukkha can be attained.
nautch	(in South Asia) a traditional dance performed by professional dancing girls. "a nautch girl"
Multiple Organ Failure	Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) can develop quickly following major surgery, trauma, or severe burns, or slowly as in the case of an infection that turns into sepsis. Regardless of whether the insult to the body is infectious or not, it is the body's own defences— the immune system and stress response—that together damage organs one by one. Without oxygen, organs rapidly fail. Once the lungs start failing, the liver, kidneys, and gut follow.
heteronormative	view that all human beings are either male or female. Now any opposition to homosexual sex behavior is called heteronormativity, homophobia and transphobia.
esse est percipi	To be means to be perceived. George Berkeley's famous principle.
circular economy	an alternative to a traditional linear economy (make, use, dispose) in which we keep resources in use for as long as possible. Extract the maximum value from them whilst in use, then recover and regenerate products and materials at the end of each service life.
adhyasa	Adi Shankara defines Adhyasa as "the apparent presentation, to consciousness, by way of memory of something previously observed in some other thing". According to Advaita Vedanta error arises on account of the superimposition of one reality on another.
Opportunistic infection	Infection caused by pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa) that take advantage of an opportunity not normally available, such as a host with a weakened immune system.
Parastatal	A company or agency owned or controlled wholly or partly by the government.
excerpt	a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.