The Hindu Editorial (Needless impatience) – Jan 24, 2020

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Needless impatience) – Jan 24, 2020:

1. impatience (noun) – restlessness, hastiness, quickness.
2. plea (noun) – appeal, petition, entreaty.
3. convict (noun) – prisoner, inmate, lawbreaker.
4. exhaust (verb) – waste, deplete, squander, fritter away.
5. remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.
6. execution (noun) – the death penalty, being put to death, capital punishment.
7. condemned (adjective) – sentenced, convicted, faulted.
8. betray (verb) – reveal, convey, communicate.
9. gallows (noun) – execution by hanging.
10. seek (verb) – try, attempt, aim.
11. scope (noun) – opportunity, chance, possibility.
12. dilatory (adjective) – delaying, postponing, deferring.
13. review petition (noun) – a petition applied by an aggrieved person to the court to review the order/judgment given by the same court.
14. mercy petition (noun) – a written petition by the convict to the President to grant pardon or show mercy to the death sentence given by the apex court.
15. curative petition (noun) – a petition by a person whose review petition has been dismissed by the Supreme Court and it is the last constitutional remedy available to that person.
16. indefinitely (adverb) – for an unspecified time/period, forever.
17. attribute (verb) – connect with, associate with.
18. supposedly (adverb) – seemingly, apparently, allegedly.
19. accused-centric (adjective) – relating to something (constitutional rights) of an accused.
20. lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate, frame.
21. sound (noun) – reliable, dependable, fair.
22. jurisprudence (noun) – body of laws/rules; legal system.
23. clemency (noun) – mercy, leniency, forgiveness/forbearance.
24. time lag (noun) – time difference between two events.
25. affairs (noun) – matters, activities, circumstances (related to family & relationship).
26. warrant (noun) – written order, permit, official document.
27. carry out (phrasal verb) – conduct, perform, execute.
28. substantive (adjective) – important & meaningful.
29. misconceived (adjective) – misunderstood, misinterpreted, mistaken.
30. address (verb) – attend to, tackle, deal with.
31. stipulation (noun) – clause, provision, condition, requirement.
32. take turns (phrase) – change, alternate, work in sequence.
33. functionary (noun) – official, administrator, bureaucrat.
34. expedite (verb) – further, promote, aid, stimulate, boost, forward/press.

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