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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Topic 1 : "No diplomacy by stealth"

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.

Topic 2 : "Time to abolish criminal defamation"

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

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