Resolving the NEET conundrum – The Hindu (May 26, 2016)
The ordinance granting a year’s exemption to State government institutions from NEET, the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, provides timely relief to lakhs of students. There was confusion, and anxiety, after the Supreme Court suddenly decided that the test should be the sole basis for medical and dental college admissions from this year onwards. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Conundrum (noun) – problem, difficulty, mystery.
- Ordinance (noun) – decree, law, fiat, directive.
- exemption (noun) – exception, exclusion, release, relief.
- Object (verb) – oppose/argue against, condemn.
- Denude (verb) – strip, clear, deprive.
- Regulation (noun) – order, rule, mandate, ordinance.
- Strike down (verb) – abolish, delete, remove.
- Dissenting (adjective) – opposing, differing, protesting, disputing.
- Verdict (noun) – judgement, order, decree.
- Plea (noun) – appeal, petition, request.
- Astronomical (adjective) – very high/large (amount of).
- Disparity (noun) – difference, imbalance, inequality.
- Syllabi (noun) – syllabuses (plural of syllabus).
- Linguistic (adjective) – concerning to languages, lingual,
- Adequately (adverb) – satisfactorily, of enough,
- Unfettered (adjective) – unrestricted, unconstrained, unconfined.
Non–exploitative (adjective) – treating people unfairly to get benefit.- Iron out (phrasal verb) – eliminate, erase, get rid of.
- Ruling on (noun) – pronouncement, judgement, decree.
- Executive decision (noun) – decision made by an executive or an executive body.
- Ram home (phrasal verb) – vigorously regulate/guide.
- Fiat (noun) – order, decree, ordinance.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.