The Hindu Editorial (​Time and timing) – Feb 19, 2025

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The Hindu Editorial (​Time and timing) – Jan 19, 2025:

1. validity (noun) – legal acceptability, lawfulness, legality, legitimacy.
2. adjudication (noun) – judgement, verdict, decree, pronouncement, ruling.
3. lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate, frame, prescribe, promulgate.
4. The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 (noun) – An Act to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, the procedure for transaction of business by the Election Commission and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
5. defer (verb) – stay, suspend, put off, hold off; postpone, delay.
6. observe (verb) – say, mention, comment, remark, 
7. development (noun) – turn of events, incident, situation, circumstance, occurrence, happening.
8. interregnum(noun) – period, intervening time/period.
9. consequences (noun) – result, effect, ramification, repercussion, reverberation.
10. subsequent (adjective) – following, successive, resulting, resultant, eventual, sequential, ensuing.
11. Act (noun) – law, decree, statute, resolution, rule, ruling, ordinance, stipulation.
12. panel (noun) – committee, commission, board, council.
13. elevate (verb) – promote, give promotion to, upgrade, improve the position of, move up the ladder.
14. induct (verb) – admit to, allow into, introduce to, appoint to (a post).
15. go against (phrasal verb) – oppose, resist, violate, breach, break.
16. bench (noun) – a court of law with a number of judges.
17. Constitution Bench (noun) – a bench of the Supreme Court having five or more judges on it. These benches are not a routine phenomenon.  Constitution Benches are exceptions, set up only if some circumstances exist).
18. Division Bench (noun) – a bench of two or three judges is called a division bench.
19. put in place (phrase) – establish, set up, initiate.
20. helm (verb) – head, chair, to take charge of, be in charge, be in command/control/authority; be in the driving seat.
21. ad hoc (adjective) – impromptu, unpremeditated, unprepared, unplanned, unarranged, unconsidered, spontaneous, offhand, improvised, makeshift.
22. measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
23. come forward (phrasal verb) – step forward, make oneself available, present yourself, volunteer.
24. constitution (noun) – body of law; system of rules; regulations, fundamental principles, charter. 
25. The Constitution of India (noun) – India, also known as Bharat, is a Union of States. It is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950.
26. petitioner (noun) – litigator, litigant, appellant, complainant, claimant, plaintiff.
27. thrust (noun) – intention, meaning, significance, essence, import, purport.
28. insulate (verb) – protect, save, safeguard, shield, defend, secure.
29. the executive (noun) – the executive is a branch of government that enforces the law as written by the legislature and interpreted by the judiciary.
30. interference (noun) – intervention, involvement, meddling, intrusion.
31. functioning (noun) – performance, working. 
32. debatable (adjective) – arguable, questionable, at issue, open to question.
33. vest in (phrasal verb) – (of (power, authority and etc.) entrust to, invest in, bestow on, confer on, grant to, give to.
34. render (verb) – represent, depict, portray, interpret.
35. vulnerable (adjective) – endangered, unsafe, unprotected, undefended, attackable, defenceless, helpless, powerless.
36. in the midst of (phrase) – in the middle of.
37. hearing (noun) – lawsuit, proceedings, inquiry, legal proceedings, legal action.
38. in time (phrase) – early enough, promptly.
39. lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.
40. fait accompli (noun) – (from French) an accomplished fact, something that has already occurred and cannot be changed.
41. run-up to (noun) – a period of time just before an important event.
42. perception (noun) – understanding, discernment, recognition/realization; interpretation, impression.
43. fiercely (adverb) – boldly, aggressively.
44. on the decline (phrase) – declining, deteriorating, worsening, decreasing, falling.
45. electorate (noun) – all the people in a country who are eligible to vote in an election.
46. merely (adverb) – only, simply, just.
47. adjudicate (verb) – adjudge, judge, decide, settle, resolve.
48. set out (phrasal verb) – present, describe, set forth, detail, explain, state, put forward.
49. fall short (phrase) – fail to meet/reach; be deficient/inadequate/insufficient.
50. envisage (verb) – conceive, imagine, envision, think, perceive, apprehend.

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