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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 15th March 2016. Happy Reading :)
Topic 1 : "Why marital rape must be a crime"
Topic 2 : "Ensure a credible clean-up in Kodaikanal"
- Marital - relating to marriage or the relations between a married couple
- Offence - an illegal act
- Stand - an attitude towards a particular issue
- Context - the situation within which something exists or happens
- Poverty - the state of being extremely poor
- Myriad - a countless or extremely great number of things
- Mindset - a person's way of thinking and their opinions
- Sacrament - a religious ceremony
- Formulation - the action of creating or preparing something
- Ruin - to spoil or destroy something completely
- Institution - a custom or tradition that has existed for a long time and is accepted as an important part of a particular society
- Stall - stop
- Reform - make changes in something, in order to improve it
- Coverture - the legal status of a married woman, considered to be under her husband's protection and authority
- Dictum - a short statement that expresses a general truth or principle
- Guilty - responsible for breaking a law
- Lawful - recognized by law or rules
- Consent - permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
- Hath - past tense of Have
- Retract - to take back an offer or statement, etc
- Abandoned - left
- Progressive - happening or developing gradually or in stages
- Sweeping - affecting many things / complete
- Offences - illegal acts / crimes
- Exempts - to excuse someone from something
- Consensual - with the willing agreement of the people involved
- Inherently - in natural manner
- Consent - permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
- Stem - originate in or be caused by
- Notion - a belief or idea
- Ought to - have to
- Perceived - become aware or conscious of something
- Integrity - the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles
- Penal - relating to legal system
- Purview - the scope of the influence of something
- Intervene - to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
- Spouse - a husband or wife
- Jettison - to get rid of something / to decide not to use an idea or plan
- Implied - suggested but not directly expressed
- Uphold - confirm or support something
- Bodily - relating to the human body
- Autonomy - freedom from external control or influence / independence
Topic 2 : "Ensure a credible clean-up in Kodaikanal"
- Ensure - to make something sure to happen
- Credible - convincing
- Contaminated - poisonous / impure
- Partial - incomplete
- Ex gratia - sum of money paid when there was no obligation to pay it (to show good intentions)
- Livelihood - the money people need to pay for basic needs (food, a place to live, clothing, etc)
- Enhancement - improvement
- Disbursal - the act of spending money
- Succour - assistance and support given to someone, especially someone who is suffering or in need
- Setback - something that delays or prevents a process from developing
- Culmination - the highest or climax point of something
- Sustained - continuing for an extended period or without interruption
- Concerned - worried
- Plight - a dangerous, difficult, or unfortunate situation
- Diligence - careful and persistent work or effort
- Diligence - careful and using a lot of effort
- Toxic - poisonous
- Counterposed - set against or in opposition to
- Obstacle - something that blocks you / prevents you
- Roadblock - a barrier
- Superficiality - never thinking about things that are serious or important
- Impact - influence
- Assessment - the act of judging or deciding
- Unsustainable - not able to be maintained at the current rate or level
- Counterproductive - having the opposite of the desired effect
- Unresolved - not solved or ended
- Remediation - the process of improving or correcting a situation
- Decontamination - to remove dangerous substances from something
- Contaminated - poisonous
- Remediation - the process of improving or correcting a situation
- Divergence - the situation in which two things become different
- Transparent - open and honest, without secrets
- Residue - a small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone
- Scrap - the metal which was thrown away for reprocessing because it is not useful
- Endeavour - try hard to do or achieve something
- Scrutiny - critical observation or examination
- Crippling - to cause serious damage by making weak and not effective
- Externality - damage caused by a company's activities for which it does not pay
- Endured - to suffer something difficult, unpleasant, or painful
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