By evidence alone – The Hindu (Jan 01, 2018)

By evidence alone – The Hindu (Jan 01, 2018)

There are occasions when not only the accused but the criminal justice system itself is on trial. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. rise (above) (verb) – be superior to, overcome/control, cope with.
2. narrative (noun) – statement, report, record.
3. on trail (phrase) – being tested for performance.
4. overrule (verb) – annul, nullify/cancel, invalidate.
5. right-wing (adjective) – alt-right, conservative, rightist (section of a political system).
6. provision (noun) – term, clause; condition.
7. culpability (noun) – guilt, blame/fault; responsibility.
8. steer clear of (phrase) – keep away from, have nothing to do with, avoid/shun.
9. alleged (adjective) – supposed, claimed, professed/purported.
10. objective (noun) – aim, intention, target/purpose.
11. perpetrator (noun) – some one who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities.
12. cast a shadow (phrase) – spoil, diminish, hinder.
13. substantive (adjective) – important & meaningful.
14. dodgy (adjective) – dishonest, unreliable/dubious; unpredictable.
15. miscarriage (noun) –failure, ruin/collapse, unsuccessful outcome.
16. throw out (phrasal verb) – reject, dismiss, veto/refuse.
17. augur well (verb) – bode, portend, predict (a good outcome/result).
18. suspicion (noun) – doubt, qualm, wariness.
19. frame (verb) – falsely incriminate, fabricate charges against, entrap.
20. deliberately (adverb) – intentionally, purposely, expressly.
21. agonisingly (adverb) – painfully, intensely/acutely distressing, harrowingly.

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