None for the road – The Hindu (April 10, 2017)

None for the road – The Hindu (April 10, 2017)

The liquor trade, as the Supreme Court has emphasised, is indeed res extra commercium, something outside the idea of commerce. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1:

1. one for the road (phrase) – a final drink before starting a journey.
2. res extra commercium (phrase) – a thing outside commerce; things which not are subjected to ownership, commerce, or trade, i.e., which cannot be bought or sold, such as public roads, rivers, seas or air.
3. discretion (noun) – choice/option, judgement, preference.
4. concomitant (adjective) – associated, related, connected.
5. underscore (verb) – emphasize, call attention to, underline.
6. vends (noun) – vending, selling off, trading people.
7. standalone (adjective) – separate, unconnected.
8. lax (adjective) – careless, heedless, unmindful/inattentive.
9. give rise to (phrase) – produce, cause, generate.
10. ill-considered (adjective) – unconsidered, ill-advised, ill-judged/unwise.
11. stretch (noun) – area, sweep, belt.
12. sledgehammer (noun) – powerful; forceful; ruthless, insensitive.
13. inventive (adjective) – unusual, unfamiliar, unprecedented.
14. absurd (adjective) – illogical, unreasonable/inappropriate; ridiculous.
15. fraught (adjective) – fill with, charged with, loaded with (something undesirable).
16. compromise (verb) – undermine, weaken, damage.
17. maze (noun) – complex network of paths & passages.
18. of sorts (phrase) – of a somewhat unusual/different kind.
19. denounce (verb) – condemn, criticize, censure/reject.
20. circumvent (verb) – bypass,avoid, dodge.
21. desperate (adjective) – last-minute, eleventh-hour/final; hopeless.
22. wisdom (noun) – intelligence/knowledge, common sense, foresight.
23. humility (noun) – modesty, humbleness, modestness.

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