All animals are equal – The Hindu (May 29, 2017)

All animals are equal – The Hindu (May 29, 2017)

The Centre’s move to notify new rules to regulate livestock markets under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (PCA) is either extremely poorly thought out or much too clever for its own good. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1:

1. livestock (noun) – farm animals (cattle, goats & etc).
2. span (verb) – spread over, cover, comprise.
3. inflict (verb) – impose, force, thrust.
4. parse (verb) – interpret/understand,explain, analyse.
5. a slew of (noun) – a large number of, lot.
6. guise (noun) – outward form/appearance/aspect; pretence, false display.
7. enlightened (adjective) – aware, literate, intellectual.
8. cumbersome (adjective) – complicated, complex; awkward/hard to deal with.
9. surreptitiously (adverb) – secretively/secretly, indirectly, furtively.
10. throttle (verb) – control, restrain, check/suppress/curb.
11. ream (noun) – a large amount, a fair amount, a great deal.
12. red tape (noun) – official procedure, rule, regulation.
13. strip of (verb) – deprive, confiscate/divest, take away from.
14. nicety (noun) – fine point, subtle detail, fine distinction/factor.
15. bound to (adjective) – certain, sure, very likely.
16. husbandry (noun) – management, agronomics; Animal Husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with the rearing (breed/raise) and care of animals that are raised for food, fibre or other purposes of benefit to humans.
17. explicitly (adverb) – clearly, without doubt, definitely.
18. infirmity (noun) – weakness, uncertainty, inconstancy.
19. cripple (verb) – ruin, destroy, wipe out, crush.achiavellian (adjective) – devious/tricky, double-dealing, unscrupulous (dishonest).

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