The Hindu Editorial (Heavy-handed hurry) – Nov 04, 2022

The Hindu Editorial (Heavy-handed hurry) – Nov 04, 2022

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The Hindu Editorial (Heavy-handed hurry) – Nov 04, 2022:

  1. heavy-handed (adjective) – oppressive, harsh/ruthless, autocratic.
  2. hurry (noun) – haste, hustle, urgency; Importance, top priority, necessity, seriousness.
  3. fiasco (noun) – failure, mess, blunder, screw-up, disaster, debacle, shambles.
  4. peril (noun) – danger, jeopardy, hazard, risk, difficulty.
  5. laxity (noun) – negligence, carelessness, lack of concern, irresponsibility.
  6. defamation (noun) – character assassination, libel, misrepresentation, vilification, backbiting, abuse, scandalmongering, malicious gossip.
  7. decriminalise (verb) – to stop something from being illegal; make legal, legitimate, validate.
  8. grave (adjective) – crucial, critical, serious, awful.
  9. lapse (noun) – failure, mistake, blunder, oversight.
  10. judgment (noun) – opinion, conclusion, decision.
  11. wield (verb) – exercise, exert, be possessed of, have, hold, control.
  12. critic (noun) – censurer, attacker, fault-finder.
  13. consequence (noun) – outcome, ramification, repercussion.
  14. turn out (phrasal verb) – appear, emerge, be present; transpire, happen, occur, come about.
  15. disproportionately (adverb) – inordinately, immoderately, excessively.
  16. find oneself (phrase) – to realize and accept what you are really like and what you want to do in life; accept one’s situation.
  17. predicament (noun) –  problematic situation, difficulty, quandary.
  18. discredit (verb) – stigmatise, dishonour, disgrace; condemn, denounce, criticize; 
  19. fabricate (verb) – forge, falsify, fake.
  20. admit (verb) – reveal, disclose, declare, make public, acknowledge.
  21. alleged (adjective) – claimed, professed, reported, ostensible.
  22. privilege (noun) – advantage, benefit, prerogative.
  23. enjoy (verb) – have the benefit of, have the advantage, be favoured with.
  24. purported (adjective) – apparent, claimed, supposed, presumed, seeming.
  25. giant (noun) – a very large company.
  26. take down (phrasal verb) – remove.
  27. debacle (noun) – fiasco, failure, blunder.
  28. allege (verb) – claim, charge, accuse.
  29. conspiracy (noun) – collusion, collaboration, connivance, machination.
  30. forgery (noun) – falsification, manipulation, misrepresentation, distortion.
  31. allegedly (adverb) – reportedly, supposedly, purportedly, ostensibly, apparently.
  32. perpetrate (verb) – commit, carry out, perform/execute (a harmful/illegal action).
  33. elaborate (adjective) – detailed, complicated, intricate, complex.
  34. hoax (noun) – deception, fraud, cheat, bluff, humbug.
  35. lose no time (phrase) – do a particular thing asap.
  36. seize (verb) – take possession of, take away, take over, confiscate.
  37. set (adjective) – defined, determined, prescribed.
  38. regime (noun) – government.
  39. vocal (adjective) – vociferous, outspoken, forthright; relating to someone who expresses his/her views freely.
  40. dissenter (noun) – dissident, objector, protester, nonconformist, rebellion.
  41. seizure (noun) – takeover, appropriation, confiscation.
  42. dismiss (verb) – deny, reject, disregard, spurn, brush off.
  43. byline (noun) – a line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article carrying the writer’s name.
  44. intentional (adjective) – purposeful, conscious, deliberate, intended, thoughtful.
  45. angle (noun) – point of view, perspective, viewpoint.
  46. prosecution (noun) – legal actionlegal proceeding, legal case.
  47. at the instance of (phrase) – at the request of, at the suggestion of.
  48. aggrieved (adjective) – disgruntled, dissatisfied, unhappy, upset, annoyed, disappointed.
  49. first information report (FIR) (noun) – a written document prepared by the police when they receive information  about the commission of a cognizable offence.
  50. highlight (verb) – emphasize, draw attention on, underline, underscore.
  51. statute (noun) – Act, bill, law, decree.
  52. exploit (verb) – take advantage of, make use of, utilize.
  53. influential (adjective) – powerful, strong, dominant, authoritative. 
  54. state-backed (adjective) – supported by the government.
  55. actor (noun) – participant (in an action). 
  56. rather than (phrase) – instead of.
  57. remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.
  58. armoury (noun) – a range of resources ready for a particular use.
  59. occasional (adjective) – rare, infrequent, irregular.
  60. malice (noun) – ill will, hostility, hatred, hatefulness, bitterness, venom, evil intentions.
  61. wilfully (adverb) – deliberately, purposefully.
  62. validation (noun) – (official) approval, acceptance.
  63. exposure (noun) –  revelation, display, exhibition, disclosure; condemnation, denunciation.
  64. at the same time (phrase) – simultaneously.
  65. outlet (noun) –  an organization (related to journalism).
  66. acknowledge (verb) – accept, recognize, realize.
  67. interplay (noun) – interaction, cooperation, compromises.
  68. bias (noun) – prejudice, partiality, injustice, discrimination.
  69. confirmation bias (noun) – the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.
  70. potential (adjective) – prospective, latent, future, developing.

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2. Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press. Tentative definitions/meanings are provided for study purpose only and they may vary in a different context. 
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The Hindu Editorial (Heavy-handed hurry) – Nov 04, 2022
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