The Hindu Editorial (A murder most foul) – Oct 18, 2021

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The Hindu Editorial (A murder most foul) – Oct 18, 2021

The brutal murder of a Dalit Sikh man by a group of Nihangs — a religious sect that has also participated in the protests against the farm laws — at the site of the farm protests… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (A murder most foul) – Oct 18, 2021.

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murder most foul (phrase) – a phrase that comes from Shakespeare’s most popular play Hamlet. “Murder most foul” literally means a murder that is immoral in intention and very unpleasant in nature. It also means a murder is the most unpleasant/immoral of all crimes.
foul (adjective) – evil, wicked, sinful, immoral, wrongful.
lynching (noun) – an act of punishing/killing someone by hanging for claimed offence by the group of people without legal trail.
sectarian (adjective) – dogmatic, extreme, fanatical, factional, partisan.
outfit (noun) – group.
sect (noun) – religious group, faith community.
Farm Acts, 2000 (noun) – Farm Acts, 2000 refer to three agricultural bills passed by Indian Parliament in September 2020. The three acts are “The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (FPTC Act) allows farmers to sell their harvest outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis without paying any State taxes or fees”, “the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 facilitates contract farming and direct marketing”, and “the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 deregulates the production, storage, movement and sale of several major foodstuffs, including cereals, pulses, edible oils and onion, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances”.
the spotlight (noun) – the public attention, the focus of public/media; the public eye.
activist (noun) – campaigner.
apprehend (verb) – arrest, catch, capture (someone for a crime).
try (verb) – hear, investigate (a case) and make a formal judgement on it; pass judgement on, adjudge, adjudicate.
blatant (adjective) – evident, flagrant/glaring, obvious.
disregard (noun) – indifference, non-observance; inattention, heedlessness, carelessness, negligence.
rule of law (phrase) – it is described as “a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards.
nonchalance (noun) – unconcern, lack of concern, indifference, carelessness.
spare no effort (phrase) – try hard, do one’s best, do all one can, make an effort.
bring someone to justice (phrase) – arrest/punish someone for a crime committed.
appeal for (verb) – ask earnestly, request urgently, call, make a plea, plead.
claim (noun) – assertion, contention, affirmation.
sanction (noun) – support, backing, approval, acceptance.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) (noun) – formed on 7th November 2020, a coalition of over forty Indian farmers’ unions to coordinate satyagragh (non-violent resistance) against the three farm acts.
distance oneself from (phrasal verb) – denounce, disown, reject, condemn, disagree with.
perpetrator (noun) – someone who does immoral, harmful, and illegal activity; offender, criminal, wrongdoer/evil-doer, culprit.
bring someone to book (phrase) – punish, take to task, bring to justice; reprimand.
as to (phrase) – concerning, respecting, with respect to, on the subject of, as regards, regarding.
base (something on) (verb) – use as a basis.
loose (adjective) – not rigidly/strictly organized.
agglomeration (noun) – assemblage, cluster; accumulation, build-up.
seek (verb) – try, aim, attempt.
articulate (verb) – express, pronounce, state, point out.
subsume (verb) – include, incorporate, absorb, encompass.
utilize/use for one’s ends (phrase) – take advantage of, exploit, use/utilize for someone’s own benefits.
in order to (phrase) – with the purpose/aim of.
solely (adverb) – only.
unwittingly (adverb) – unintentionally, unknowingly, inadvertently.
suspect (adjective) – suspicious, dubious, untrustworthy; questionable, doubtful.
by and large (phrase) – largely, mostly, mainly, in general.
give up (phrasal verb) – stop, discontinue, renounce, forgo, abandon.
repeal (verb) – invalidate, reverse, cancel, nullify, revoke.
feature (verb) – have (as a participant).
besides (preposition/linking adverb) – in addition to, as well, apart from.
campaign (noun) – an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group.
recur (verb) – happen again, reoccur, occur again, be repeated.
detractor (noun) – critic, fault-finder, backbiter, censurer.
denigrate (verb) – criticise, attack, insult, devalue, defame.
separatist (adjective) – dissident, nonconformist, sectarian.
drive a wedge between (phrase) – to cause misunderstanding or quarrel between two people and damage their good relationship.
wish away (phrasal verb) – to desire or hope that a problematic issue or situation will disappear without (you) doing anything about it.
reductive (adjective) – explaining (something complicated) in a simple way.
atmosphere (noun) – conditions, circumstances, backdrop/context.
distrust (noun) – mistrust, suspicion, lack of trust.
persist (verb) – continue, remain, linger, stay.
reverse (verb) – change, alter, undo; cancel, revoke, repeal, nullify.
address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.