The Hindu Editorial (Strength in numbers) – Dec 12, 2019
The list of alarming numbers and figures relating to the depleting numbers in India’s higher judiciary has a new addition. On December 10,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Strength in numbers) – Dec 12, 2019.
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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Strength in numbers) – Dec 12, 2019:
- flawed (adjective) – defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate.
- collegium (noun) – The collegium system is the one in which the Chief Justice of India and a forum of four senior most judges of the Supreme Court recommend appointments & transfers of judges. There is no mention of the collegium in the Constitution of India.
- hold back (phrasal verb) – prevent, block, thwart/retrain.
- alarming (adjective) – worrying, disturbing, shocking/distressing.
- depleting (adjective) – reducing, decreasing, diminishing.
- lie (verb) – be, remain, be kept.
- Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) – a guideline for selection of high court judges.
- put up (phrasal verb) – propose, put forward, present.
- in turn (phrase) – in succession, successively, sequentially.
- prescribe (verb) – stipulate, lay down, set down, establish.
- seemingly (adverb) – apparently, on the face of it, evidently.
- come to a standstill (phrase) – to slow down and stop/halt completely.
- perhaps (adverb) – maybe, it could be, possibly.
- equation (noun) – association, connection; the situation.
- strain (verb) – damage, impair; overtax/overburden.
- strike down (phrasal verb) – abolish, annul, nullify (a law or regulation).
- unconstitutional (adjective) – undemocratic, autocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian.
- commonplace (noun) – overworked saying, platitude, cliché.
- testy (adjective) – ill-tempered, short-tempered, volatile/irritable.
- chastise (verb) – punish, discipline.
- reiterate (verb) – repeat, say again, restate.
- standoff (noun) – deadlock, stalemate, impasse (in a dispute/conflict).
- inevitable (adjective) – unavoidable, sure to happen, unpreventable.
- grievous (adjective) – painful, severe, hurtful.
- a firm hand (phrase) – strict discipline, strict control.
- interests (noun) – benefit, advantage.
- seldom (adverb) – hardly, rarely, almost never.
- shortfall (noun) – deficit, inadequacy/deficiency; shortcoming/defect.
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