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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 18th March 2016. Happy Reading :)
Topic 1 : "Be bold in revisiting the sedition law"
- Revisiting - considering a situation or problem again or from a different point of view
- Sedition - language or behaviour that is intended to convince other people to oppose their government
- Reconsideration - review / the act of considering something again
- Indication - a sign that something is true
- Fallout - the unpleasant results or effects of an action
- Chastening effect - the effect which makes someone understand that they have failed or done something wrong
- Invoking - to make someone have a particular feeling or remember something
- Draconian - extremely harsh and painful
- Overreach - to fail by trying to do more than you can manage
- Luminaries - a person who inspires or influences others
- Ingredient - one of the parts of something successful
- Imminent - about to happen
- Relevant - connected with what is happening or being discussed
- Statute book - a book in which laws are written
- Convened - to bring together a group of people for a meeting
- Pointed - expressing criticism in a direct way
- Defending - to protect someone or something against attack or criticism
- Climbdown - an occasion when you change your opinion or admit that you were wrong
- Repealing - if a government repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force
- Disaffection - no longer supporting or being satisfied with an organization or idea
- Vague - not clearly expressed / known / described / decided
- Over-broad - not sufficiently restricted to a specific purpose
- Offences - illegal acts
- Merely - just / only
- Provocative - causing anger or another strong reaction
- Innocuous - not harmful or offensive
- Upholding - confirm or support something
- Invoked - to use a law in order to achieve something
- Pernicious - having a harmful effect
- Disorder - a state of confusion
- Excite - to cause someone to feel very enthusiastic and eager
- Contempt - the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless
- Disloyalty - not supporting someone / something that you should support
- Enmity - a feeling of hate
- Upheld - confirm or support (something which has been questioned)
- Flagrant - a shocking bad action which is very common
- Invoke - to use a law in order to achieve something
- Strident - expressed in forceful / harsh language
- Scathing - criticizing someone or something in an unkind way
- Mischief - misbehaviour
- Rational - based on clear thought and reason
- Scrap - to not continue with a system or plan
Topic 2 : "Aadhaar disquiet in the House"
- Disquiet - worry
- Criticism - the act of saying that something or someone is bad
- Non-binding - not legally necessary to obey or follow
- Subsidies - money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it to happen
- Amendment - a minor change or addition to improve something
- Summarily - in short and clear manner (that gives the main facts or ideas about something)
- Toss something aside - to throw away or get rid of something
- Futile - pointless / having no effect or achieving nothing
- Transparent - open and honest, without secrets
- Privacy - a state in which one is not observed or disturbed by other people
- Concern - worry
- Mass - a large number of people or objects crowded together
- Surveillance - the careful watching of a person or place
- Misuse - use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose
- Exceptions - something that is not included in a rule, group, or list
- Confidentiality - secrecy / privacy
- Substitute - to use something instead of another thing
- Emergency - a serious, unexpected, and dangerous situation requiring immediate action
- Vigilance - the action of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties
- Comptroller - controller
- Auditor - someone whose job is to carry out an official examination of the accounts of a business and to produce a report
- Biometric data - detailed information about someone's body (such as the patterns of colour in their eyes / finger prints) that can be used to prove who that person is
- Opt out - choose not to participate in something
- Certain - some (but not all)
- Deem - to consider or judge something in a particular way
- Hypocrisy - a situation in which someone acts that he / she believe something that they do not really believe
- Disquieting - causing worry
- Ambit - the range or limits / scope / range of something
- Intervention - the act of intentionally involving in a difficult situation
- Disregarded - pay no attention to / ignored
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