Principle & procedure – The Hindu Mar 27 2018

Elections to the Rajya Sabha would have been dull, predictable affairs if not for stories of intrigue and betrayal. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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1. scathing (adjective) – devastating, scornful, harsh/severe.
2. indictment (noun) – charge, accusation, allegation/citation.
3. set aside (phrasal verb) – nullify, dismiss, reject.
4. searing (adjective) – critical, strong, fierce.
5. office of profit (noun) – a position/an office that provides to a person holding it some financial benefit.
6. parliamentary secretary (noun) – The parliamentary secretary is a person appointed to help a minister and deputise in his work. He/she has a status below that of a minister. Since an oath of secrecy is administered, he/she has access to official papers.
7. vest (with) (verb) – give legal right to (power).
8. incur (verb) – experience, be subject to, suffer.
9. adjudicate (verb) – judge, adjudge, give/declare a verdict (on a disputed matter).
10. on its merits (phrase) – to evaluate something based on essential inherent quality not by external aspects.
11. specious (adjective) – misleading, false, deceptive.
12. recuse oneself (verb) – excuse oneself (a judge) from a case due to a potential conflict of interest/lack of fairness.
13. vitiating (adjective) – ruining, destroying, upsetting.
14. quasi-judicial (adjective) – relating to the actions by any non-judicial body or government entity in which there are hearings, orders, judgements and other activities similar to those conducted by courts.
15. scrupulously (adverb) – religiously, consistently, constantly/regularly.
16. adhere to (verb) – follow/obey, abide by, conform to.
17. empowered (adjective) – authorized, allowed, entitled.
18. plunge into (verb) – push, force, thrust (quickly).
19. arbitrariness (noun) – the quality of being “determined by  personal chance, whim (desire), or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle”.
20. extraneous (adjective) – irrelevant, immaterial, inappropriate/pointless.
21. pre-eminent (adjective) – greatest, supreme, distinguished.
22. wanting in (adjective) – deficient in, disappointing, lacking in.
23. ease (noun) – freedom, comfort, casualness.
24. redeem (verb) – rescue/reclaim, justify, vindicate.
25. remand (verb) – return (a case) to reconsideration.
26. latitude (noun) – freedom, scope, leeway/flexibility.

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