The Hindu Editorial (Justice for the Rohingya) – Dec 18, 2019

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The Hindu Editorial (Justice for the Rohingya) – Dec 18, 2019

Last week’s preliminary hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) seeking guarantees of basic protection for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims arguably offer only symbolic hope to this long-suffering community. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Justice for the Rohingya) – Dec 18, 2019.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Justice for the Rohingya) – Dec 18, 2019:

arguably (adverb) – possibly, probably, perhaps, maybe.
plight (noun) – difficult situation, trouble/difficulty, quandary.
exile (verb) – expel, ban, deport.
refugee (noun) – displaced person, asylum seeker, escapee/exile.
accountability (noun) – responsibility, liability, answerability.
pertain to (verb) – concern, relate to, be connected with.
alleged (adjective) – supposed, claimed, professed/purported.
genocide (noun) – mass murder, massacre, racial killing.
insurgency (noun) – uprising, revolt, rebellion.
notably (adverb) – especially, particularly, primarily.
orchestrated (adjective) – organized, arranged, choreographed.
torched (adjective) – burned, set fire to, set on fire.
atrocity (noun) – act of barbarity/brutality, cruelty, inhumanity.
flee (verb) – escape, abscond, run away/take flight.
render (verb) – depict, portray, represent.
vulnerable (adjective) – relating to a weak/neglected person who is in need of special care/support.
oddly enough (phrase) – strangely enough; used for saying that something is not what you would expect in a particular situation.
laureate (noun) – a person who is honoured with an award for outstanding achievement.
swept past participle of sweep (verb) – to win a contest completely.
assert (verb) – state, declare, contend.
proportionately (adverb) – proportionally, equally.
downplay (verb) – playdown, underemphasize, understate/diminish.
explicit (adverb) – clear, unequivocal, obvious.
testimony (noun) – evidence, proof, attestation/witness.
equivocation (noun) – prevarication, vagueness, indecision/ambiguity.
carnage (noun) – massacre, mass murder, mass destruction.
have/with an eye to/on (phrase) – consider, take into account, thinking; focused on a particular thing.
impute against (verb) – attribute, ascribe, credit.
adjudicate (verb) – judge, give a verdict on; decide, settle/resolve.
hand down (phrasal verb) – announce a judgement/sentence formally.
short of (phrase) – less than.
pin something on (phrasal verb) – to blame someone for something.
preceding (adjective) – previous, prior, earlier.
rely on (phrasal verb) – depend on; resort to, bank on.
differentiation (noun) – distinction, polarity, separation.
ethnic cleansing (noun) – the mass expulsion or killing of an ethnic group members in a place by an another one, particularly a majoritarian group in that place.
extirpate (verb) – eliminate, destroy, eradicate.
underlie (verb) – be fundamental, be basic, be essential.
any time soon (phrase) – in the (very) near future.
injunction (noun) – judicial order, ruling, directive.
cease (verb) – bring to an end/halt/stop, conclude, terminate.
forthwith (adverb) – immediately, right away, without delay.
heed (verb) – pay attention to, take into account, consider.
without reservations (phrase) – completely, totally, fully, entirely.