A partisan ruling – The Hindu (Sep 19, 2017)

A partisan ruling – The Hindu (Sep 19, 2017)

The disqualification of 18 dissident AIADMK legislators by the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker is a partisan decision aimed at securing a majority for the seven-month-old Edappadi K. Palaniswami government after a rebellion reduced it to a minority. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. partisan (adjective) – biased, prejudiced, one-sided.
2. ruling (noun) – decision, pronouncement, resolution.
3. dissident (adjective) – opposing disagreeing, objecting/protesting.
4. rebellion (noun) – dissent, defiance, subversion .
5. indefensible (adjective) – unjustified, baseless, illogical/irrational.
6. reluctance (noun) – unwillingness, disinclination; doubts/misgivings.
7. threshold (noun) – level, limit; starting point.
8. dispensation (noun) – system/regime; administration/government.
9. interpret (verb) – understand, construe; explain/decipher.
10. memorandum (noun) – a written message, communication, note.
11. give up (phrasal verb) – renounce, discontinue, forgo/abandon.
12. apprehension (noun) – concern; understanding/perception.
13. stop at nothing (phrase) – persevere, continue, carry on (ruthlessly/determinedly).
14. averse (verb) – opposed to, against, antipathetic/hostile to.
15. apparent (adjective) – evident, obvious, clear.
16. whip (noun) – a written notice provided by the party (whip) to their members to vote (to support the act).
17. condone (verb) – deliberately ignore, not take into consideration, disregard; authorize/authorize.
18. quash (verb) – cancel, overrule, repeal/abolish.
19. hobnob (verb) – associate, mix/socialize, mingle.
20. morality (noun) – ethics, correctness, moral standards.
21. truncate (verb) – shorten, cut/cut short, curtail.
22. at the cost of (phrase) – by sacrificing/losing/giving up something.
23. legitimacy (noun) – conformity to the law/rules; justification.

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