The Hindu Editorial (Awaiting the verdict) – Oct 18, 2019

It has taken 70 years for the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi litigation to come close to finality. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Awaiting the verdict) – Oct 18, 2019.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Awaiting the verdict) – Oct 18, 2019:

1. await (verb) – wait for, expect, look for.
2. mediation (noun) – conciliation, arbitration, intervention/negotiation.
3. litigation (noun) – legal process, legal proceeding, legal action.
4. title-suit (noun) – a legal proceeding to establish an individual’s right to ownership of real property against one or more adverse claimants.
5. impassioned (adjective) – showing feelings so strongly, sincere, ardent, emotional.
6. acrimonious (adjective) – (of speech/discussion) angry & bitter, harsh, hostile.
7. embers (noun) – a small piece of burning wood in a dying fire.
8. stoke (verb) – incite, encourage, fuel.
9. surreptitious (adjective) – secret, indirect, hidden.
10. mobilisation (noun) – the act of bringing people/resources together for a particular cause.
11. catapult (verb) – propel, launch, move suddenly.
12. retrieval (noun) – regaining, getting back, recapture.
13. transmogrify (verb) – change, alter, modify.
14. intractable (adjective) – unmanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable.
15. emotive (adjective) – sensitive, emotional, delicate.
16. disposal (noun) – getting rid of, discarding/jettisoning, scrapping.
17. egregious (adjective) – shocking, horrible/terrible, very bad.
18. secular (adjective) – non-religious, worldly, earthly.
19. fabric (noun) – the basic/fundamental structure.
20. ethos (noun) – ethics/beliefs, principles, standards.
21. purported (adjective) – alleged, supposed, claimed, professed.
22. come up (phrasal verb) – occur, happen, emerge.
23. raze (verb) – destroy, demolish, bulldoze (a building).
24. amount to (verb) – be regarded as, be equivalent/equal to, be tantamount to.
25. legitimise (verb) – validate, legitimate, permit/endorse.
26. saddle with (verb) – burden, hamper; inflict something on.
27. revanchism (adjective) – the political manifestation/indication of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred by a country, often following war or social movement.
28. execrable (adjective) – awful, dreadful, terrible.
29. behest (noun) – instruction, requirement, wish/desire.

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