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End to cattle curbs – The Hindu Apr 12, 2018 

Good sense appears to have prevailed at last. With a fresh set of draft rules to replace last year’s poorly conceived ones, the Centre has sought to… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Today’s Word List-1 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:

1. curb (noun) – restriction, restraint, stricture.
2. ill-conceived (adjective) – absurd, ridiculous, not carefully planned.
3. livestock (noun) – farm animals (cattle, goats & etc).
4. prevail (verb) – succeed, win through, triumph.
5. at last (phrase) – finally, in the end, eventually.
6. climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
7. surreptitiously (adverb) – secretively/secretly, indirectly, furtively.
8. throttle (verb) – suppress/restrict, crack down on, stop/end. (throttle generally means cause a person/animal unable to breathe properly by blocking the air flow through the throat).
9. dietary habits (noun) – food choices preferred by persons in their daily life.
10. cumbersome (adjective) – complicated, complex; awkward/hard to deal with.
11. lairage (noun) – a resting place; a place where sheep or cattle may be rested during transport to a market or slaughter.
12. vicinity (noun) – surrounding area, neighbourhood, local area.
13. provision (noun) – term, clause, requirement/condition.
14. barring (verb) – excluding, omitting, leaving out.
15. set off (phrasal verb) – cause, prompt, trigger.
16. storm (noun) – disturbance/trouble, commotion; controversy.
17. stridently (adverb) – in a forceful way.
18. jurisdiction (noun) – authority, command, power.
19. non-starter (noun) – failure, fiasco, catastrophe/mess.
20. adversely (adverb) – unfavourably, disadvantageously, badly.
21. countryside (noun) – a rural area.
22. guise (noun) – posture/appearance, pretence, outward form/false show.
23. slaughter (verb) – kill animals for food.
24. explicitly (adverb) – categorically, without any doubt, clearly/directly.
25. tendency (noun) – inclination, disposition/penchant, direction/movement.
26. sectarianism (noun) – excessive attachment to a particular sect or party, especially in religion.

Today’s Word List-1 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:

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