The Adventure by Jayant Narlikar Word Meanings Amok – to behave uncontrollably Armour – shell Assertion – a confident statement of a fact Astute – smartness; quick-witted Avidly – with great interest Bifurcation – division Blow – by – blow account – a detailed account Catastrophe theory – it is a branch of mathematics concerned with systems displaying discontinuous changes Converged – met De facto – existing in fact with or without any lawful authority Determinism – a doctrine that all the events are caused by the external will Dismay – shock Disparity – difference Doctored accounts – manipulated accounts related to history Dumbfounded – amazed Emerged – developed; begin Expansionist – a follower of the policy of te...
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