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The Hindu Editorial (Preventing harm) – Apr 28, 2022

The Hindu Editorial (Preventing harm) – Apr 28, 2022

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  1. intervention (noun) – involvement, interference; mediation, arbitration, conciliation, peacemaking.
  2. hate speech (noun) – abusive or disrespectful speech.
  3. inflammatory (adjective) – provocative, provoking, incendiary, inciting, agitating, stirring, rousing, fomenting.
  4. understate (verb) – play down, downplay, de-emphasize.
  5. call for (phrasal verb) – require, publicly ask/necessitate, demand.
  6. corrective (adjective) – correctional, punitive, penal, disciplinary, reformatory.
  7. measure (noun) – course of action, action, step, procedure.
  8. peddling (noun) – an act of promoting an idea extensively.
  9. supposedly (adverb) – reportedly, purportedly, ostensibly, apparently.
  10. authorities (noun) – officials, officialdom, the people in charge, the bureaucracy, 
  11. hold (verb) – conduct, have, organize.
  12. impose (verb) – apply, enforce, exact, inflict.
  13. prohibitory (adjective) – prohibitive, restrictive, forbidding.  
  14. prohibitory (orders) (noun) – it refer to orders issued by competent authorities prohibiting certain things under various acts.
  15. gathering (noun) – assembly, meeting, convention, rally.
  16. conspicuous (adjective) – clearly visible, noticeable, obvious, evident.
  17. frequency (noun) – rate of occurrence, commonness, frequentness, prevalence.
  18. vociferous (adjective) – vehement, full-throated, vigorous; outspoken.
  19. fulmination (noun) – protest, objection, complaint.
  20. counsel (noun) – barrister, lawyer, legal practitioner.
  21. preventive (adjective) – safety, protective, precautionary.
  22. incitement (noun) – provocation, inducement, fomentation.
  23. inaction (noun) – inactivity, negligence, disregard.
  24. conclave (noun) – meeting,  gathering, assembly, convention.
  25. witness (verb) – show, indicate, reveal; notice.
  26. extraordinarily (adverb) – extremely, unusually.
  27. shockingly (adverb) – horribly, awfully, very badly.
  28. genocidal (adjective) – relating to the deliberate mass murder/killing.
  29. tenor (noun) – the general content/meaning.
  30. dither (verb) – be indecisive, be unsure, be undecided, hesitate.
  31. allegedly (adverb) – reportedly, supposedly, purportedly, ostensibly, apparently.
  32. armed (adjective) – equipped, provided, furnished with fire arms/weapons.
  33. bail (noun) – conditional, temporary release of an arrested/imprisoned person when a specified amount of security is deposited or pledged (as cash or property) to ensure his/her appearance in court when required.
  34. provocative (adjective) – annoying, irritating, agitational, provoking, inflammatory.
  35. instance (noun) – occasion, occurrence, case.
  36. figure (noun) – person, individual, personality.
  37. arrest (verb) – stop, halt, end, check, block, prevent.
  38. stern (adjective) – strict, severe.
  39. phenomenon (noun) – occurrence, event, happening.
  40. dismiss (verb) – disregard, brush off, shrug off,  set aside, forget.
  41. representative (adjective) – symbolic, evocative.
  42. fringe (adjective) – unconventional, unorthodox, unofficial; radical, extreme (by a group with marginal or extremist views).
  43. gainsay (verb) – deny, dispute, disagree with.
  44. provocateur (noun) – one who engages in provocative behavior.
  45. seek (verb) – try, aim, attempt.
  46. foster (verb) – encourage, promote,  cultivate, nurture, espouse, uphold, back, facilitate.
  47. collective (adjective) – combined, united/joint, cooperative (by all people as a group).
  48. interest (noun) – common concerns (in politics/business).
  49. feed off (phrasal verb) – support, strengthen, fortify.
  50. fabric (noun) – structure, framework, system, foundation.
  51. incalculable (adjective) – inestimable, indeterminable, immeasurable, uncountable, incomputable,
  52. hatred (noun) – enmity, antipathy, antagonism, hostility, resentment, aversion.
  53. seep into (verb) – permeate, flow, soak.
  54. consciousness (noun) – awareness, knowledge, realization, recognition.
  55. thought process (noun) – thinking, thought; viewpoint, perspective; contemplation.
  56. atmosphere (noun) – condition, circumstance, environment.
  57. harmony (noun) – unity, solidarity, cooperation, agreement/concord.
  58. tranquillity (noun) – peacefulness, restfulness, calmness, quietness.
  59. perennial (adjective) – everlasting, unending, endless, permanent.
  60. backdrop (noun) – situation, scenario, context.
  61. distinction (noun) – difference, contrast, dissimilarity, divergence, variance, variation.
  62. tend to (verb) – gravitate, be drawn, move; go in a specific direction.
  63. incite (verb) – stir up, fuel, kindle, ignite, inflame, instigate, provoke, arouse, trigger, foment.  
  64. section (noun) – segment, part, division (within a larger body of people).
  65. recognise (verb) – acknowledge, accept, admit something (existence, validity, or legality).
  66. potential (adjective) – possibility, potentiality, prospect; capability, capacity.
  67. societal (adjective) – related to society.
  68. distress (noun) – anguish, suffering, pain, difficulty, trouble, hardship, adversity.
  69. lynching (noun) – an act of punishing/killing someone by hanging for claimed offence by the group of people without legal trail.
  70. Khap panchayats (noun) – the self-appointed village courts.
  71. lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate, set down, draw up, frame.
  72. remedial (adjective) – corrective, restorative, reparative.
  73. punitive (adjective) – disciplinary, corrective, retributive.
  74. without exception (phrase) – randomly, unsystematically, aimlessly, unmethodically, haphazardly, blindly, uncritically, undiscriminatingly.
  75. penal (adjective) – disciplinary, punitive, corrective, correctional.
  76. provision (noun) – clause, stipulation, condition, specification, requirement.
  77. combat (verb) – fight against, confront, resist, oppose.

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