The Hindu Editorial (Teachers and quotas) – Jul 03, 2019

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Teachers and quotas) – Jul 03, 2019:

1. cadre (noun) – key group, small group, team.
2. the disadvantaged (noun) – underprivileged, depressed (people).
3. exception (noun) – deviation, special case, departure, anomaly.
4. ought to (modal verb) – must, should.
5. preserve (verb) – uphold, maintain/continue, protect.
6. promulgate (verb) – put into effect, enact, implement.
7. roster (noun) – a list, register, schedule (of the people of a team/organisation).
8. seek (verb) – try, attempt, aspire.
9. get around (phrasal verb) – overcome, surmount,  triumph over, resolve/sort out.
10. strike down (phrasal verb) – abolish, annul, nullify (a law or regulation).
11. in short (phrase) – briefly, in essence, in sum.
12. pool (noun) – a group of people.
13. perspective (noun) – view/outlook, aspect, approach.
14. manifestly (adverb) – clearly, obviously, apparently.
15. beneficiary (noun) – inheritor, receiver, assignee.
16. counterpoint (noun) – contradiction, opposition, disagreement.
17. accommodate (verb) – help/assist, serve; adjust/attune.
18. decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
19. norm (noun) – standard, convention, regulation.
20. deepen (verb) – increase, intensify, escalate.
21. deprivation (noun) – hardship, distress, poverty/destitution.
22. enactment (noun) – bill, law, regulation.

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