Protecting Good Samaritans – The Hindu (Aug 25, 2016)
Among the reasons for India’s unacceptably high rate of road accident fatalities is the inability to get timely medical treatment for victims. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Word List:
- Good Samaritan (noun) – a person who helps (distressed/troubled) strangers voluntarily.
- fatality (noun) – tragedy, disaster, catastrophe, calamity.
- victim (noun) – sufferer, casualty, injured person; dead person, fatality.
- put something at (phrasal verb) – estimate, calculate, reckon, evaluate, measure.
- reckon (verb) – calculate, compute, work out, figure, quantify.
- impediment (noun) – hindrance, obstruction, barrier, set back, draw back.
- bystander (noun) – onlooker, passer-by, spectator, eyewitness.
- embroil (verb) – involve, entangle, enmesh, catch up, mix up.
- subject (verb) – cause/force someone to undergo something which is unpleasant/troublesome.
- chip in (phrasal verb) – contribute, give, make a contribution.
- ferry (verb) – transport, convey, carry, take, bring.
- enact (verb) – make law, pass, approve, ratify.
- clause (noun) – section, article, point; provision, stipulation, condition.
- affidavit (noun) – a written sworn statement of fact under an oath or affirmation and this serves as evidence.
- disclose (verb) – reveal, make known, communicate,impart.
- come forward (phrasal verb) – volunteer, step forward.
- detain (verb) – keep someone in police custody for questioning.
- intrusive (adjective) – unwanted; annoying, irritating; personal.
- draw up (phrasal verb) – compose, formulate, frame, draft, prepare.
- stakeholder (noun) – a person with an interest in something.
Note:
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- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.