The Hindu Editorial (Spirit of accommodation) – Jul 04, 2024

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The Hindu Editorial (Spirit of accommodation) – Jul 04, 2024:

accommodation (noun) – adjustment, adaptation, attunement; understanding, compromise.
conduct (noun) – behaviour; actions, activities.
Treasury bench (noun) – the front bench (to/on the right of the speaker) in the House of Parliament/Legislative Assembly occupied by the prime minister/chief minister and the cabinet ministers of the government.
uphold (verb) – maintain, continue, preserve, protect, hold to, keep, strengthen, nurture.
corresponding (adjective) – relative, comparable, correlative, parallel, reciprocal.
renewed (adjective) – revived, re-established, energized, freshened, new.
notwithstanding (preposition) – despite, notwithstanding, in spite of, nevertheless, in any case.
combativeness (noun) – hostility, belligerence, aggression, warmongering, hawkishness.
grandstanding (noun) – a way of speaking or acting to get attention from the spectators (people) and then influencing them.
echo (noun) – repetition, reverberation, reflection; trace, reminder, sign, indication, hint.
campaign (noun) – canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group.
designated (adjective) – appointed, nominated, selected, chosen, elected, named.
mount (verb) – present, stage, produce, initiate, arrange.
aggressive (adjective) – attacking, confrontational, argumentative, offensive, belligerent, bellicose, hawkish, combative.
critique (noun) – analysis, evaluation, assessment, appraisal, review.
draw/call into question (phrase) – make something seem less certain.
track record (noun) – (previous) performance, accomplishments, achievements.
categorically (adverb) – absolutely, directly, clearly, unambiguously, conclusively, unconditionally, unequivocally, unqualifiedly, explicitly, outright.
fealty (noun) – allegiance, faithfulness, fidelity, obedience, adherence.
constitution (noun) – body of law; system of rules; regulations, fundamental principles, charter.
The Constitution of India (noun) – India, also known as Bharat, is a Union of States. It is a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic with a parliamentary system of government. The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949 and came into force on 26th January, 1950.
undermine (verb) – weaken, subvert, sabotage, damage.
cross swords (phrase) – quarrel, disagree, have a dispute, lock horns.
lack (verb) – be without, be short of, require, be in need of.
absolute majority (noun) – a condition in which a party is winning more than half of the seats/members in an election.
Bill (noun) – A Bill is a draft statute that becomes law after it is passed by both the Houses of Parliament and assented to by the President. All legislative proposals are brought before Parliament in the forms of Bills (or) draft statute/law, proposed legislation, proposal (presented to parliament/congress/council for discussion).
scrutinise (verb) – examine carefully, inspect; investigate, assess.
House committees/Parliamentary committees (noun) – The parliamentary (standing & select) committees; They do close examination and investigation of government policies, actions and spending.
Parliamentary Standing Committee/Parliamentary panel (noun) – it is a committee (consisting of Members of Parliament) constituted usually on an annual basis to enable detailed consideration/discussion on all bills (all proposed laws).
Parliamentary select committee (noun) – ‘parliamentary select committee’ can be formed for a specific purpose, for instance, to deliberate
robust (adjective) – strong, powerful, vigorous.
restraint (noun) – control, restriction, limitation, brake, rein.
bulldoze (verb) – intimidate, browbeat, coerce, persecute, strong-arm, oppress; destroy, demolish, flatten, raze.
legislative (adjective) – law-making, policy-making; relating to legislation
dubious (noun) – suspicious, questionable, doubtful.
distinction (noun) – name, status, quality.
suspension (noun) – termination, elimination, removal, rejection.
reserve (verb) – preserve, put aside, earmark, set aside, withhold.
underscore (verb) – highlight, emphasize, underline, stress, call/draw attention to.
bloc (noun) – alliance, coalition, group.
predicate on/upon (phrasal verb) – base, be dependent, found, premise.
stalemate (noun) – deadlock, impasse, standstill/stand-off.
led to past & past participle of lead to (verb) – cause, result in, bring on, bring about, give rise to.
voice vote (noun) – a voice vote involves the speaker putting a question to the house and then asking the house to put forward its opinion in the forms of ayes (yes) or noes. Based on a rough measure of which side was louder, the speaker decides if the motion was passed or fell through.
press for (verb) – urge, pressurize, put pressure on, push, force.
escort (verb) – accompany, take, come with, go with.
Chair (noun) – the post of a chairperson; chairperson, presiding officer, speaker. (The Speaker is the presiding officer in the Lower House (Lok Sabha). The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman/presiding officer of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha)).
prominence (noun) – importance, distinction, prestige, stature, notability.
even-handed (adjective) – fair, impartial, unbiased, non-partisan, non-discriminatory, unprejudiced, neutral, open-minded.
expunge (verb) – erase, remove, delete, cancel, eliminate, strike out completely.
threshold (noun) – lower limit, starting point, the level (to react to something).
deviation (noun) – divergence, departure, variance, deflection, digression.
constitute (verb) – set up, create, form, start/begin.
committee (noun) – panel, council, commission, body, advisory group.
frame (verb) – formulate, devise, create, draw up, conceive.
oath-taking (noun) – the taking of an oath (a formal promise by a person who has been elected to a public office to fulfill the duties of the office according to the law).
diatribe (noun) – a bitter verbal attack; a tirade, verbal onslaught, rant.
the fact that (phrase) – used to refer to a specific situation under consideration/discussion.
democracy (noun) – a system of government in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or through fairly & freely elected representatives.