English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 24th December 2015

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Legislator - a person who makes law
Outrage - intense feeling of anger and shock
Iimportunate - annoying
Gaze - a steady intent look
Augur - to predict
Hasty - speedy
Bout - a short period of strong activity (feeling)
Panic - sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety
Conscience - a person's moral sense of right and wrong
Enact - to make (law)
Juvenile - teenager
Convict - a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court
Heinous - very evil
Edifying - enlightening (to help somebody's moral improvement)
Aspect - a particular part or feature of something
Restorative - something that restores
Streamlining - to improve something
Apprehend - to take into custody
Rehabilitation - to teach (a criminal in prison) to live a normal and productive life
Prevailing - having great influence
Sober - dull
Assessment - figuring out what someone knows or has learned
Mercurial - Very fast
Starkly - doing something in a strict way
Emphasise - to make something important / stress it

Negotiations - discussions aimed at reaching an agreement
Emerging - developing
Hammer out - to produce (an agreement, plan, etc) after much discussion
Salvage - to ?save ?something from ?damage or ?destruction
Primacy - the ?state of being the most ?important thing
Arbiter - a person / organization who has the power to settle an argument between people
Cast aside - to put something aside / to throw something away
Apparent - clearly visible or understood
Outset - the start or beginning of something
Cited - refered
Heightened - to increase the amount of (something)
Surge - a ?sudden and ?great ?increase
Plurilateral agreement - a multi-national legal or trade agreement between countries
Pre-eminence - superiority
Concrete - ?real / ?existing
Safeguard - a measure taken to protect something from damage
Surges - a ?sudden and ?great ?increase
Unambiguous - clearly expressed or understood
Reaffirmation - confirmation
Procurement - the act of obtaining something
Falter - loss of courage or confidence
Bipartisan - involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies
Bolstering - supporting

Note : The Vocabulary of 25th and 26th will be available soon