The Hindu Editorial (Justice, 34 years on) – Nov 22, 2018

The conviction of two rioters for their role in the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in Delhi marks a rare success in the long struggle to bring the perpetrators to justice. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Justice, 34 years on) – Nov 22, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 The Hindu Editorial (Justice, 34 years on) – Nov 22, 2018:

1. conviction (noun) – declaration/pronouncement of guilt, sentence.
2. glimmer (noun) – faint sign, trace, hint.
3. pogrom (noun) – massacre/mass killing, carnage, persecution/destruction..
4. perpetrator (noun) – someone who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities.
5. resurrect (verb) – revive, restore, re-establish.
6. brush aside (phrasal verb) – dismiss, disregard, ignore.
7. discrepancy (noun) – inconsistency, difference, variation/deviation.
8. testimony (noun) – proof, evidence, witness.
9. cogent (adjective) – valid, effective; logical/clear.
10. suck into (verb) –  involve in, draw into, implicate in (without someone’s desire).
11. frenzy (noun) – turmoil, madness/wild behaviour, agitation.
12. assassination (noun) – murder, killing.
13. sectarian (adjective) – denoting a sect (a group of people); factional, partisan.
14. prosecutor (noun) – a lawyer who presents the government’s case against someone accused of a crime.
15. seldom (adverb) – hardly, rarely, almost never.
16. nail (verb) – catch, capture, arrest.
17. henchman (noun) – helper, supporter, assistant.
18. impunity (noun) – immunity, exemption/freedom from punishment, special treatment.
19. butcher (noun) – murderer, killer, assassin.
20. hamper (verb) – hinder, impede, restrict.
21. connive (verb) – disregard, overlook, deliberately ignore.
22. excruciating (adjective) – torturing, afflicting, distressing.
23. manipulate (verb) – falsify, distort/alter, misrepresent,.
24. shoddy (adjective) – poor-quality/inferior, careless, improper.
25. acquit (verb) – discharge, release, declare innocent.
26. evade (verb) – elude, avoid, dodge.
27. efflux (noun) – discharge, leak/flow, emanation.
28. impediment (noun) – hindrance, obstruction, barrier.

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