English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 2nd December 2015

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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated December 2nd, 2015. Happy Reading :)

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1. Sort out - Solve the problem.
2. Materialised - Happened.
3. Liberalised - Giving more freedom.
4. Regime - Government in power.
5. Free rein - Giving lot of freedom to do what they want.
6. Substantive - Real or actual.
7. Heartening - Cheering or Encouraging.
8. Barred - Prevented.
9. Penalised - Subject to Penalty.
10. Sustained - Maintained.
11. Transparent - Easily understood or recognised.
12. Confabulation - Act of talking informally.
13. Dispatching - Send off as a messenger.
14. Unveil - Introduce it to public.
15. Certainly - Surely / Without doubt.
16. Evaporate - Gradually becomes weaker and eventually disappears completely.

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2. Defamation - Spoiling good name of others by telling something bad and untrue about them.
3. Stifle - Prevent / Withhold.
4. Adverse - Unfavourable.
5. Exemplifies - Show or illustrate by examples.
6. Emphasise - To draw special attention.
7. Chilling effect - Discouraging effect.
8. Undermines - Making Weaken / Less strong / Less secure.
9. Coercing - Compel by force.
10. Self-restraint - Self-control.
11. Zeal - Great enthusiasm / Eager.
12. Sedition - Any action against government (Speech, Writing, Behaviour)
13. Illiberal - Narrow minded / Who do not giving much freedom or choice of action to people.
14. Contended - Compete / Argued.
15. Proponents - A person who argues in favour of something.
16. Veering - Changing in direction.
17. Pursued - To continue / To follow.
18. Reputation - Good name.
19. Alleged - Suspected / Doubtful.
20. Covenant - Formal agreement between two or more persons.
21. Intimidates - Forcing someone to do things by inducing fear.
22. Harassment - Troubling repeatedly.
23. Pervasive - Spread throughout.
24. Defendants - Person against claim is brought in a court.
25. Impairment - The state of being damaged.
26. Scrapped - Get rid of / Cancel it.
27. Statute book - Record of all the laws made by the government.

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