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Topic 1 : "A disappointing verdict"
- Verdict - an opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given
- Uphold - to say that a decision that has already been made (especially a legal one) is correct
- Provision - a statement within an agreement or a law that a particular thing must happen or be done
- Defamation - the action of damaging the good reputation of someone
- Offence - an illegal act / a crime
- Retrograde - returning to older and worse conditions, methods, ideas, etc
- Out of tune - not in agreement with someone or something
- Decriminalised - to stop something from being illegal
- Inhibiting - slowing down a process or the growth of something
- Anecdotal - not based on facts or careful study
- Statute - a written law passed by a legislative body
- Stifle - to prevent something from happening
- Legitimate - allowed by law
- Recourse - a source of help in a difficult situation
- Sue - to take legal action against a person or organization
- Hardly - only just / almost not
- Envisaged - to imagine or expect that something is a desirable possibility in the future
- Context - the situation within which something exists or happens
- Dispute - a disagreement or argument
- Invariably - always
- Shield - protection
- Scrutiny - critical observation or examination
- Befuddling - confusing
- Collective - an organization or business that is owned and controlled by the people who work in it
- Presumably - used to say what you think is the likely situation
- Rival - a person or thing competing with another for the same objective or for superiority in the same field of activity
- Significance - the quality of being worthy of attention / importance
- Step into the shoes of somebody - to take someone's place
- Allegedly - used to say that something has happended (although there is no proof).
- Patently - clearly / without doubt
- Reposed - to keep something in a particular place
- Instituting - introducing / establishing
- Rallied - to come together in order to provide support
- Scrap - to not continue with a system or plan
- Inopportune - occurring at an inappropriate time
- Conversely - from a different and opposite way of looking at this
- Fillip - something that causes a sudden improvement
- Apex - the top or highest part of something
- Stint - a fixed or limited period of time spent doing a particular job or activity
- Curb - to control or limit something that is not wanted
- Disproportionate - too large or too small in comparison with something else
- Lauded - praised highly
- Semblance - similarity
- Equilibrium - a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced
- Credibility - the quality of being trusted and believed in
- Eroded - slowly destroyed
- Conflict - a serious disagreement or argument
- Eventually - in the end
- Scrutinise - to examine something very carefully in order to discover information
- Intervention - the act becoming involved intentionally in a difficult situation
- Adequate - enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose
- Tide over somebody / something - to supply someone for a short time with something that is lacking
- Prerequisite - a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist
- Nominee - someone who has been nominated for something
- Stipulate - to say exactly how something must be done
- Moorings - the ropes or chains that keep you from moving away from a particular place
- Coherence - the situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or reasonable way
- Dictates - orders
- Territory - an area, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country / organization / person
- For instance - for example
- Arbitrariness - based on chance rather than being planned or based on reason
- Meanwhile - on the other hand
- Lobby - to try to convince a politician, the government, or an official group that a particular thing should or should not happen
- Swing - to move
- Contend - struggle
- Comptroller - a controller (used in the title of some financial officers)
- Oversee - to watch or organize a job or an activity to make sure that it is being done correctly (supervise)
- Office-bearer - a person holding a position of authority in an organization
- Unerring - always right or accurate
- Gaze - to look at something or someone for a long time
- Agenda - a list of aims or possible future achievements
- Avert - to prevent something bad from happening
- Opaque - not able to be seen through / not transparent
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