English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Cleaning up: on reviewing laws in India"
- Reviewing - to study or examine a situation, policy, or idea again in order to decide whether it is suitable or satisfactory
- Mechanism - a method or process for getting something done within a system or organization
- Weed out - to remove a person or thing that is not suitable or good enough, especially from a group or collection
- Obsolete - no longer used because of being replaced by something newer and more effective
- Tedious - boring and continuing for too long
- Arduous - extremely difficult and involving a lot of effort
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Repeal - to state officially that a law no longer has legal authority and has ended
- Ordinance - an official order by a government, king, queen etc
- Periodic - happening regularly though not frequently
- Statutory - controlled by a law or statute
- Corpus - a collection of writing
- Archaic - old and no longer used
- Enactment - the making of a law, or a particular act of making a law
- In tune with something - to be similar to something and combine well with it
- Seditious - encouraging people to oppose the government or not obey the law
- Outrage - a strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair
- Detention - the state of being kept in a police station or prison and not being allowed to leave
- Statute - a law passed by a government and formally written down
- Redundant - not needed
- Sedition - language or behaviour that is intended to persuade other people to oppose their government
- Disaffection - the state of no longer feeling loyal towards a group or organization
- Adultery - sex that takes place between a married person and someone who is not their husband or wife
- Notion - knowledge or understanding of something
- Overhaul - to completely change a system in order to make it work more effectively
- Interim - temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent exists
- Panel - a group of people who make decisions or judgments
- Injury - physical damage done to a person or a part of their body
- Gratuity - a large amount of money given to someone when they leave their job, for example in the armed forces
- Offence - a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment
- Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Law-abiding - a law-abiding person obeys the law
- Prolific - producing a great number or amount of something
- Strategy - a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time
- Wary - careful or nervous about someone or something because you think they might cause a problem
- Embrace - to completely accept something such as a new belief, idea, or way of life
- Unequivocally - in a way that leaves no doubt
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Affirmation - an action of support or approval
- Stature - the amount of public respect or popularity that someone or something has
- Emergence - the process of appearing or becoming recognized
- Outline - to give the main ideas of a plan or a piece of writing without giving all the details
- Assault - an attack by the armed forces
- Sovereignty - the right to rule a country
- Align - to give your support publicly to a group, political party, or country
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Strategic - carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal, especially in war, business, or politics
- Single out - to choose one person or thing from a group for special attention, especially criticism or praise
- Criticism - comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad
- Pursue - to follow a course of activity
- Zero-sum - a situation in which one person can win only what another person loses
- Imperialism - the actions of a powerful country that tries to take control of other countries, often using military force
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Deny - to not allow someone to have something
- Dismissive - reacting to something in a way that shows you do not think it is worth paying attention to
- Mindful - careful about or conscious of something
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Unthinkingly - used about something that you do without thinking that it might be wrong or stupid
- Clinch - to manage to win or achieve something by doing one final thing that makes it certain
- Articulation - the expression of thoughts, ideas, or feelings in words
- Perceive - to understand or think about something in a particular way
- Stabilisation - the process of making something physically more secure or stable.
- Concrete - practical
- Show your hand - to let someone know what you intend to do or what methods you have of doing it
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Cogent - reasonable and sensible
- Autonomous - an autonomous state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Pluralistic - the idea that people can and should live together without fighting, despite differences in race, religion, culture, politics etc
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