Curbing misuse – The Hindu (Word List-2 To Improve Vocabulary) Mar 23, 2018

Curbing misuse – The Hindu Mar 23, 2018

Will laying down procedural safeguards to curb false accusations work against the interest of protecting the oppressed from discrimination and caste-based atrocities? For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To improve Vocabulary)

1. defang (verb) – make ineffectual/less powerful.
2. lay down (phrasal verb) – put down, drop, leave.
3. procedural (adjective) – administrative, official, constitutional.
4. curb (verb) – restrict, limit, constraint.
5. the oppressed (noun) – the people who are treated harshly by the mainstream people.
6. discrimination (noun) – prejudice, unfairness/bigotry, inequity.
7. atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity, cruelty, inhumanity.
8. salient (adjective) – important, principal, main/major.
9. take note (phrase) – pay attention, heed, follow/watch.
10. rampantly (adverb) – uncontrollably, pervasively/ubiquitously, in a widespread manner.
11. settle score (phrase) – take revenge, retaliate, hit back at someone.
12. harass (verb) – torment, annoy, disturb.
13. adversary (noun) – opponent, rival, nemesis.
14. on the face of it (phrase) – apparently, seemingly, evidently.
15. spirit (noun) – real meaning, intention, essence.
16. anticipatory bail (noun) – Under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code, the provision allows a person can request to get bail in anticipation of being accused of having committed a non-bailable offence in India.
17. prima facie (adverb/adjective) – something (first impression) considered as right until proved.
18. strike the balance (phrase) – find a reasonable line of action between two contrasting things.
19. necessitate (verb) – make necessary, require, demand.
20. add teeth to (phrase) – to make something aggressive/powerful.
21. lackadaisical (adjective) – careless, casual, lazy.
22. perpetrator (noun) – some one who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities.
23. adverse (adjective) – unfavourable, disadvantageous, unfortunate.
24. disempowered (adjective) – relating to the less powerful/confident people.
25. teeth (noun) – genuine power or effectiveness (in a law).

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