The Hindu Editorial (NEET and States) – Feb 09, 2022

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National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) (noun) – The National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) as a uniform entrance examination for admission to various undergraduate medical courses in approved/recognized Medical/Dental /AYUSH and other Colleges/ Deemed Universities /Institutes (AIIMS & JIPMER) in India, as per Section 14 of The National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019 and relevant Graduate Medical Education Regulations (GMER) 1997, as amended from time to time.
readopt (verb) – approve, endorse, ratify or validate something again.
Bill (noun) – A Bill is a draft statute that becomes law after it is passed by Parliament ( for nationwide statute) / Legislative Assembly (for statewide statute) and assented to by the President. All legislative proposals are brought before Parliament/Legislative Assembly in the forms of Bills.
assent (noun) – approval, agreement, concurrence, acceptance.
exemption (noun) – exclusion.
seek (verb) – ask for, request, appeal for.
exempt (verb) – exclude.
the ball is in your court (phrase) – it is now your responsibility or your turn to take action; it is up to you to take action now.
reconsideration (noun) – review, rethink, reassessment, re-evaluation.
tenability (noun) – reasonableness, plausibility, believability, acceptability.
findings (noun) – conclusion, decision, recommendation.
in favour of (phrase) – in support of, to the advantage of, approving of.
passage (noun) – enactment, passing, ratification, acceptance, approval.
regime (noun) – government.
throw down the gauntlet (phrase) – to issue a challenge (whereas “take/pick up the gauntlet” means “to accept a challenge; ‘gauntlet’ literally means ‘a medieval, armoured/protective gloves’ and it figuratively means ‘an open challenge’.
as far as – is concerned (phrase) – with regard to a particular person or situation.
as far as (phrase) – to the extent that.
course of action (phrase) – method, approach, procedure, plan of action.
bound to (adjective) – obligated, obliged, under obligation, compelled, required, duty-bound
speculation (noun) – prediction, guesswork, supposition, surmise, notion, opinion/thought.
nod (noun) – acknowledgement; a sign (of approval).
episode (noun) – a group of events; incident, event, occurrence.
reserve (verb) – keep, hold, withhold, earmark or give something (a resource) to a particular person.
in conflict with (phrase) – contrary to, incompatible with, in opposition to, differing from, not in accord with, at variance with.
set aside (phrasal verb) – keep, reserve, earmark, withhold, save, reserve, put aside.
regardless (adverb) – irrespective of, without regard to, notwithstanding.
merit (noun) – good point, strong point, advantage, benefit, value.
intent (noun) – intention, purpose, aim, objective, goal.
Article 200 of the Constitution of India (noun) – it explains about “Assent to Bills”.
ought to (modal verb) – must, should.
discretion (noun) – choice, option, preference, volition.
save (preposition) – except, except for, apart from, but for, other than, besides.
undermine (verb) – weaken, subvert, sabotage, damage.
consideration (noun) – examination, scrutiny, analysis, review.
desirability (noun) – appeal, advisability, advantage, expedience, benefit, merit, value.
ask for (phrasal verb) – seek, request, urge, demand.
constitutional (adjective) – legal, lawful, legitimate.
communication (noun) – message, statement, report, communiqué, letter.
Legislative Assembly (noun) – Vidhan Sabha; Legislative Assembly is the lower house, much like the Lok Sabha of the Parliament. Members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected by the people through assembly elections. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years (unless it is dissolved earlier). A member of a legislative Assembly is referred to as an MLA.
highlight (verb) – underline, underscore, emphasize.
wits (noun) – wisdom, intelligence, astuteness, cleverness; discernment, perception, insight, understanding.
legislature (noun) – law-making body or governing body; parliament, congress, assembly.
recall (verb) – remember, recollect, call to mind, think of.
Sarkaria Commission (noun) – The Sarkaria Commission (under the Chairmanship of Justice R.S. Sarkaria with Shri B. Sivaraman and Dr. S.R. Sen as its member) was set up in 1983 by the central government of India. The Sarkaria Commission was set up to examine and review the working of the existing arrangements between the Union and States in regard to powers, functions and responsibilities in all spheres and recommend such changes or other measures as may be appropriate.
contrary to (phrase) – conflicting with, opposed to.
embody (verb) – include, consolidate, encompass, assimilate, integrate.
pass muster (phrase) – be acceptable, be practical, be justifiable, be convincing, make sense.
for one thing (phrase) – saying one reason among several reasons.
pan- (combining form) – all inclusive of, all.
public health (noun) – the branch of medicine handling public health; public health is also the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury prevention.
say (noun) – influence, sway, weight, authority.