The Hindu Editorial (Needless impatience) – Jan 24, 2020
The Centre’s application in the Supreme Court for additional guidelines regarding the execution of condemned prisoners betrays a needless impatience… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for 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:
- impatience (noun) – restlessness, hastiness, quickness.
- plea (noun) – appeal, petition, entreaty.
- convict (noun) – prisoner, inmate, lawbreaker.
- exhaust (verb) – waste, deplete, squander, fritter away.
- remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.
- execution (noun) – the death penalty, being put to death, capital punishment.
- condemned (adjective) – sentenced, convicted, faulted.
- betray (verb) – reveal, convey, communicate.
- gallows (noun) – execution by hanging.
- seek (verb) – try, attempt, aim.
- scope (noun) – opportunity, chance, possibility.
- dilatory (adjective) – delaying, postponing, deferring.
- review petition (noun) – a petition applied by an aggrieved person to the court to review the order/judgment given by the same court.
- 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.
- 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.
- indefinitely (adverb) – for an unspecified time/period, forever.
- attribute (verb) – connect with, associate with.
- supposedly (adverb) – seemingly, apparently, allegedly.
- accused-centric (adjective) – relating to something (constitutional rights) of an accused.
- lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate, frame.
- sound (noun) – reliable, dependable, fair.
- jurisprudence (noun) – body of laws/rules; legal system.
- clemency (noun) – mercy, leniency, forgiveness/forbearance.
- time lag (noun) – time difference between two events.
- affairs (noun) – matters, activities, circumstances (related to family & relationship).
- warrant (noun) – written order, permit, official document.
- carry out (phrasal verb) – conduct, perform, execute.
- substantive (adjective) – important & meaningful.
- misconceived (adjective) – misunderstood, misinterpreted, mistaken.
- address (verb) – attend to, tackle, deal with.
- stipulation (noun) – clause, provision, condition, requirement.
- take turns (phrase) – change, alternate, work in sequence.
- functionary (noun) – official, administrator, bureaucrat.
- expedite (verb) – further, promote, aid, stimulate, boost, forward/press.
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