The Hindu Editorial (Drawing a line) – Dec 24, 2021

The proposed remapping of Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory (UT) by the J&K Delimitation Commission has got the entire spectrum of regional parties in the Kashmir Valley up in arms. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Drawing a line) – Dec 24, 2021.

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1. draw the line (phrase) – have/establish a limit for something.
2. delimitation (noun) – an act of fixing boundary or limits.
3. exercise (noun) – activity, task/work, assignment.
4. repurpose (verb) – use something for a different purpose.
5. bound to (adjective) – certain, sure, very likely, guaranteed.
6. constituency (noun) – a particular area whose voters elect a representative to a legislative body.
7. spectrum (noun) – wide range, gamut, ambit.
8. valley (noun) – a low area between hills or mountains typically with a river running through it. 
9. up in arms (phrase) – irritated, annoyed, cross, displeased, aggrieved.
10. commission (noun) – committee, board, council, panel, advisory body.
11. consideration (noun) – factor, issue, point, concern, matter.
12. communication (noun) – contact, dealings, relations, connection, association,  socializing, interaction, social relations, conversation, discussion.
13. lack of (noun) – shortage, absence, deficiency.
14. convenience (noun) – benefit, advantage, comfort.
15. remoteness (noun) – lack of connection; lack of relationship to something.
16. inhospitable (adjective) – unwelcoming, unfriendly, unsociable.
17. instance (noun) – case.
18. erstwhile (adjective) – old, previous, former, then.
19. constitute (verb) – establish, form, create, set up.
20. by virtue of (phrase) – because of, on account of, owing to, thanks to.
21. Parliament Act (noun) – law, decree, statute, bill, Act of Parliament, fiat, dictum, resolution, ruling, rule, ordinance.
22. provision (noun) – term, clause, requirement, stipulation, condition.
23. Part V of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 (noun) – it explains “delimitation of constituencies”.
24. J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 (noun) – an act of the parliament of India to provide for the reorganisation of the existing State of Jammu and Kashmir and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
25. mandate (verb) – instruct, direct, order, require, make something mandatory.
26. delineate (verb) – outline, delimit, demarcate.
27. populate (verb) – form or occupy the population of (a place).
28. belt (noun) – region, area, territory, zone.
29. earmark (verb) – set aside, set apart, reserve, designate (for a particular purpose).
30. likely (adverb) – probably, in all probability, presumably, doubtlessly. 
31. carve out (phrasal verb) – establish, develop, create something (by taking something from a larger whole) with effort.
32. reservation (noun) – a system of affirmative action in India that provides historically disadvantaged groups representation in education, employment, and politics.
33. sole (adjective) – only, one and only.
34. criterion (noun) – basis, standard, norm, specification (criteria is the plural form of criterion).
35. census (noun) – an official survey, particularly of a population.
36. prospects (noun) – chances, possibilities, expectations, outlook, future.
37. at the cost of (phrase) – by sacrificing/losing/giving up something.
38. divisive (adjective) – alienating/isolating, disharmonious, discordant.
39. legality (noun) – lawfulness, legitimacy, validity.
40. freeze (noun) – suspension/hold.
41. legislature (noun) – legislative body; legislative assembly, governing body, executive.
42. statehood (noun) – the condition of being an independent state.
43. demography (noun) – the composition/formation of a specific human population.
44. arbitrariness (noun) – the quality of being “determined by personal chance, whim (desire), or impulse, and not by necessity, reason, or principle”.
45. heavy-handed (adjective) – oppressive, overbearing, highhanded, harsh.
46. measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
47. momentarily (adverb) – briefly, temporarily, fleetingly, for a little while, for a moment, for an instant.
48. sustainable (adjective) – acceptable, trustworthy, reliable, dependable.
49. necessarily (adverb) – inevitably, certainly, surely.
50. accommodative (adjective) – accommodating, friendly, cooperative, agreeable, amenable.

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