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The Hindu Editorial (For a fair trial) – May 09, 2018

In shifting the case of the abduction and gang rape of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in the neighbouring State of Punjab,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (For a fair trial) – May 09, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (For a fair trial) – May 09, 2018:

trail (noun) – court case, judicial proceedings, legal action.
warranted (adjective) – necessary, justified, reasonable/appropriate.
abduction (noun) – kidnapping, hostage-taking.
nomadic (adjective) – wandering, roaming, travelling/rambling. Nomads are people who have no permanent home, travel from place to place in search of food (for them and their animals).
sectarian (adjective) – denoting a sect (a group of people); factional, partisan.
to the fore (phrase) – predominant, most important, leading position.
heckle (verb) – disrupt, interrupt, taunt.
vitiate (verb) – spoil, impair, destroy.
countenance (verb) – tolerate, permit, allow.
deliberate (adjective) – intentional, purposeful, predetermined.
inaction (noun) – inactivity, apathy/negligence; inertia.
empower (verb) – authorize, allow, entitle.
jurisdiction (noun) – territory, region, province/area.
aggrieve (verb) – oppress, treat unfairly, distress/upset.
adjournment (noun) – postponement, rescheduling, delay.
prosecutor (noun) – a lawyer who presents the government’s case against someone accused of a crime.
in camera (phrase) – in secret, privately, covertly/confidentially.
instill ( verb) – introduce, inject, infuse.

Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (For a fair trial) – May 09, 2018:

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