English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 25th 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 25, 2015. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Crime and penalty in Bangladesh"

• Grievous crime - very serious crime (causing great sorrow)
• Applause - approval expressed especially by the clapping of hands
• Liberation - the process of trying to achieve equal rights
• Secular - not connected with religious or spiritual matters
• Contradiction - the act of going against
• Convicted - a person proved or declared guilty of an offense
• Dampen - to make dull
• Extremists -  people who have ​beliefs that most ​people ​think are ​unreasonable and ​unacceptable
• Execution - the process of performing a judgment or sentence of a court [mostly Death sentence]
• Grappling - struggling
• Embitter - to make (a person) bitter
• Sympathisers - a person who supports a sentiment / opinion
  

Topic 2 : "Not without our girls"

• Phenomenon - a remarkable development
• Demographic - related to the structure of Population
• Implication  - indication
• Prenatal - before birth
• Fertility - the ability to produce children
• Coercive - to control
• Offspring - children
• Anecdote - a small incident
• Immense  - extremely large

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