The Hindu Editorial (Wrong signals) – Nov 19, 2019

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Wrong signals) – Nov 19, 2019:

1. send out (phrasal verb) – produce, create, give out.
2. at large (phrase) – in detail, extensively.
3. convict (noun) – prisoner, inmate.
4. massacre (noun) – carnage, mass murder, mass killing.
5. disquiet (noun) – distress, unease, worry/concern.
6. activist (noun) – advocate, champion, supporter (of a political or societal change/cause).
7. voice (verb) – express, make public, state/declare.
8. ground (noun) – reason, cause, basis.
9. resent (verb) – dislike, be angry at, feel aggrieved at.
10. conviction (noun) – sentence, judgement, verdict.
11. court (verb) – risk, invite, attract, provoke.
12. uphold (verb) – confirm, endorse/approve, vindicate/validate.
13. commute (verb) – reduce, lessen, scale down (a judicial sentence, especially a sentence of death).
14. grip (verb) – distract, divert, engage/mesmerize.
15. mob (noun) – a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.
16. frenzy (noun) – madness, mania, wildness.
17. imprisonment (noun) – incarceration, confinement, captivity.
18. remission (noun) – cancellation, suspension, repeal.
19. decongest (verb) – relieve the congestion of (something).
20. inmate (noun) – inhabitant, occupant, a person living in an institution (like hospital, prison, etc).
21. regard (noun) – consideration, attention, concern.
22. atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality, cruelty, inhumanity.

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