English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Political malady and legal remedy"
Topic 2 : "Coherence in the neighbourhood"
- Malady - a disease / a serious problem
- Remedy - a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem or difficulty
- Loophole - a small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something
- Plug - to fill a hole with a piece of suitable material
- Aaya ram, gaya ram (hindi) - the situation of jumping from one party to another
- Defection - to leave a country, political party, or organization and go to another one
- Loyality - support that you always give to someone or something because of your feelings of duty and love towards them
- Legislation - a law, or a set of laws
- Deterrent - something that makes people decide not to do something by making them realize that something unpleasant could happen to them
- Restored - to return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position
- Deserted - left alone in a difficult situation
- Constituent - one of the parts that form something when they combine
- Alliance - an agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing
- Adduced - to give reasons why you think something is true
- Switchover - a change from one thing to another
- Laughable - very silly, or unreasonable
- Hurdles - a problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress
- Allied - connected by a political or military agreement
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Play by the book - following the rules exactly
- Unseating - to remove someone from a position of power
- Realignment - to change the position of something
- Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Disqualification - a situation in which someone is not allowed to take part in something because they have committed an offence or have done something that is not allowed by the rules
- Split - to divide into smaller groups
- Merger - the process of combining two companies or organizations to form a bigger one
- Evident - easy to see, notice, or understand
- Engineered - to arrange for something to happen, especially in a useful and skilful way
- Unscrupulous - willing to do things that are unfair, dishonest, or illegal
- Undermine - to make something or someone become gradually less effective, confident, or successful
- Subvert - to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics etc
- Mandate - the authority of an elected government or official to do the things that they promised to do before an election
- Cure - a solution to a problem
- Adopted - to decide to start using a particular idea, plan, or method
- Inventive - good at thinking of new and original ideas or methods
- Ideally - in the best possible way
- Essential - necessary or needed
Topic 2 : "Coherence in the neighbourhood"
- Coherence - the situation when the parts of something fit together in a natural or reasonable way
- Neighbourhood - the people who live near each other
- Host - a place or organization that arranges a special event and provides the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
- Cordial - friendly
- Bitterness - feeling angry or upset because of a bad experience, especially when you think that you have been treated unfairly
- Blockade - the situation in which a country or place is surrounded by soldiers or ships to stop people or goods from going in or out
- Acutely - in a way that shows a clear understanding
- Conscious - noticing that something exists or is happening and realizing that it is important
- Shaky - not strong (very weak)
- Tenure - 1 the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Narrow - limited / small
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Amendments - a change made to a law or agreement
- Massive - very large or heavy
- Reconstruction - the process of building something again
- Timeline - a plan of when something should happen or how much time something should take
- Marginalised - to limit or control something or someone
- Constitution - a set of basic laws or principles for a country that describe the rights and duties of its citizens and the way in which it is governed
- Infrastructure - the set of systems within a place or organization that affect how well it operates, for example the telephone and transport systems in a country
- Maturing - to become more developed
- Stern - serious / difficult
- Outreach - an effort to bring services or information to people where they live or spend time
- Even so - used for introducing a statement that seems surprising after what you said before
- Wish list - a list of things you want, often things that you know you cannot have
- Ammunition - bullets, bombs etc that can be fired from a weapon
- Merely - just / only
- Envisaged - to have something as a plan or an intention
- Muted - not as strong as usual (to become silent)
- Scathing - criticizing someone or something in a very strong way
- Think tank - a group of people who work together to produce new ideas on a particular subject
- Landlocked - surrounded by the land of other countries and having no coast
- Trade - the activities of buying and selling goods or services
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