The Hindu Editorial (Tolerance deficit) – Feb 16, 2021

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The Hindu Editorial (Tolerance deficit) – Feb 16, 2021

The police in India, and especially forces under the present regime, have a dubious record of effecting needless arrests and filing questionable cases as a tool of harassment. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Tolerance deficit) – Feb 16, 2021.

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The Hindu Editorial (Tolerance deficit) – Feb 16, 2021:

tolerance (noun) – forbearance, toleration, liberality, open-mindedness, lack of prejudice, broad-mindedness, liberalism.
deficit (noun) – shortfall, deficiency, shortage, lack.
toolkit (noun) – a document containing a set of details/resources/guidelines/suggestions/various urgent action items about something in order to get it done.
conspiracy (noun) – (unlawful) plan/plot, intrigue, collaboration/deception, collusion.
activist (noun) – a person who supports a political or societal change/cause.
perverse (adjective) – awkward, contrary, unreasonable, annoying; illogical, irrational, inappropriate.
high-handed (adjective) – arrogant, domineering, overbearing, heavy-handed; undemocratic, oppressive, authoritarian.
regime (noun) – government.
dubious (adjective) – suspicious, questionable, doubtful.
effect (verb) – cause to happen, bring about, carry out, conduct, do.
harassment (noun) – persecution, persistent annoyance, coercion/intimidation.
outdo (verb) – surpass, exceed, outclass.
incredible (adjective) – unbelievable, unimagined, unthinkable, unconvincing.
allegation (noun) – charge, accusation, indictment.
Farm Acts, 2000 (noun) – Farm Acts, 2000 refer to three agricultural bills passed by Indian Parliament in September 2020. The three acts are “The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (FPTC Act) allows farmers to sell their harvest outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis without paying any State taxes or fees”, “the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 facilitates contract farming and direct marketing”, and “the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 deregulates the production, storage, movement and sale of several major foodstuffs, including cereals, pulses, edible oils and onion, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances”.
amount to (verb) – be equivalent to, be tantamount to, be equal to, represent.
sedition (noun) – incitement (to riot/rebellion), agitation, trouble making/provocation (against the established government/authority).
incitement (noun) – provocation, persuasion, inducement.
take into custody (phrase) – to arrest.
apparently (adverb) – seemingly, evidently, it appears that.
lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, insist on, establish, determine.
inter- (prefix) – between.
mark (verb) – indicate, represent, signify.
perversity (noun) – unreasonableness, irrationality, illogicality, inappropriateness.
high-handedness (noun) – heavy-handedness, autocracy, dictatorship, tyranny, absolute power, totalitarianism.
magistrate (noun) – the judicial officers or civil officers of a state who handle minor legal cases in a specific area like town, district etc.
counsel (noun) – lawyer, legal practitioner, legal adviser.
mandatory (noun) – obligatory, compulsory, binding, required, requisite, necessary, essential.
climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
icon (noun) – celebrity, famous person.
prosecution (noun) – legal action, legal proceeding, legal case.
allege (verb) – claim, accuse, charge.
pro- (prefix) – supporting, favouring.
Khalistanis (noun) – people who are related/connected to the Khalistan movement (a Sikh separatist movement) seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing a sovereign state, called Khālistān (‘Land of the Khalsa’), in the Punjab region.
outfit (noun) – team, group.
separatist (noun) – dissident, nonconformist, sectarian.
disaffection (noun) – disloyalty, rebellion, sedition, insurgence; dissatisfaction, disgruntlement, discontent.
strange (adjective) – unusual, weird, abnormal, atypical.
deem (verb) – regard as, consider; view as.
far-fetched (adjective) – unlikely, implausible, difficult to believe.
much more (phrase) – a lot more.
call (for) (noun) – demand, appeal; requirement, need, necessity.
functionary (noun) – official, administrator, office-holder.
activism (noun) – involvement; campaigning/supporting (to cause political or social change).
in support of (phrase) – providing assistance to.
ongoing (adjective) – continuing, happening, occurring.
mobilisation (noun) – the act of bringing forces/people/resources together for a particular cause.
adversely (adverb) – unfavourably, disadvantageously, badly.
reputation (noun) – name, status, position, standing.
prestige (noun) – status, reputation, image.
attract (verb) – draw, pull; arouse, stimulate.
embarrassment (noun) – shame, humiliation, awkwardness; problem.
opprobrium (noun) – condemnation, harsh criticism, censure, castigation.
indiscriminate (adjective) – thoughtless, careless, unsystematic, unmethodical.
resort to (verb) – have recourse to, fall back on, turn to, make use of, use, utilize, employ.
heavy-handed (adjective) – oppressive, overbearing, highhanded, harsh.
convergence (noun) – coming together, intersection, confluence (a process of merging).
adverse (adjective) – unfavourable, disadvantageous, bad.
scrutiny (noun) – examination, inspection, investigation.
due to (phrase) – because of, owing to, on account of, as a result of.
deviant (adjective) – aberrant, deviating, abnormal, atypical, strange/eccentric, nonconformist.
lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on, bring about.
seek (verb) – try, aim, attempt.
address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.
surfeit (noun) – excess, abundance; too much, more than enough.
repression (noun) – suppression, oppression, quelling, restraining/stifling.
with each passing day (phrase) – if something happens with each passing day, it happens continuously.