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November 24, 2015

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

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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated November 24, 2015. Happy Reading :)

Topic : "Pressing for free speech"

  • Violate - to ​break or ​act against something (law)
  • Unlawful - illegal
  • Defiance - a challenging attitude or behavior
  • Conflict - a serious disagreement (argument)
  • Enforce - to make something happen with force (laws and rules)
  • Intimidate - to ​frighten someone
  • Sovereignty - free from external control
  • Integrity - the state of being whole and undivided
  • Remit - to give relief from (suffering)
  • Refrain - to ​stop yourself from doing something
  • Diktat - an ​order that must be ​obeyed
  • Safeguard - a measure taken to protect something
  • Toothless tiger / Ageing tiger - something that appears powerful but is very weak
  • Suo motu - something done on it's own, without depending on any external cause [used in situations where a government or court acts on its own]
  • Dissemination - to spread something (news)
  • Thereupon - immediately after that
  • To curb - to control
  • Hush - to make silent
  • Legitimate - logically correct
  • Fettered - to restrict
  • Shedding - to leave something
  • Sedition - speech or behaviour directed against the peace of a state
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