Finding judicial closure in Gulbarg – The Hindu (June 03, 2016)
For a country that has borne communal and mob violence of horrific dimensions, every conviction for murder and rioting is a rare victory for justice and accountability. The Ahmedabad Gulbarg Society massacre, in which 69 Muslims, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were murdered by a rampaging mob, was one of the most gruesome incidents of the Gujarat riots of 2002. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Borne (past participle of bear) – Bear (verb) – endure, tolerate, experience, suffer.
- Conviction (noun) – declaration of guilt, judgement, verdict, sentence.
- Massacre (noun) – mass slaughter, mass murder, carnage.
- Rampage (verb) – ( of a group) run violently, run amok, run riot.
- Mob (noun) – crowd, group of people, gang.
- Gruesome (adjective) – grisly, horrible, terrible, repulsive.
- Misgiving (noun) – doubt, apprehension, uncertainty, qualm.
- Arson (noun) – setting fire intentionally to damage/destroy public properties, particularly buildings. incendiarism, pyromania.
- Perpetrator (noun) – criminal, culprit, lawbreaker, offender.
- Get away (phrasal verb) – escape, run away, abscond.
- Consolation (noun) – compassion, moral support, comfort, solace.
- Upheld (past tense of uphold) – Uphold (verb) – confirm, justify, validate, verify.
- Conspiracy angle (noun) – plotting, collusion, intrigue.
- Acquit (verb) – clear, discharge, release, pronounce not guilty, exonerate.
- Clean chit (noun) – ‘cleared of any wrongdoing’. Native speakers of English prefer to use ‘clean sheet‘,
- Repudiate (verb) – reject, cancel, invalidate, discard, disregard.
- Allegation (noun) – claim, assertion placing blame, charge.
- Rallying point – something for which people are grouped together to help.
- Plead (verb) – appeal, claim, debate, question.
- Implicate (verb) – involve in, concern with, associate with, connect with.
- Prosecution (noun) – case, lawsuit, claim.
- Imply (verb) – signal, indicate, suggest, hint, intimate,
- Narrative (noun) – report, story, statement.
- Reflexive (adjective) – automatic, immediate, unintended, spontaneous.
- Spontaneity (noun) – the state of being spontaneous.
- Subtle (adjective) – clever, skillful, ingenious, cunning.
- Orchestration (noun) – planning, coordination, arrangement.
- Delineate (noun) – describe, define, outline, identify, depict.
- Moral culpability (noun) – responsibility, accountability.
- Commission (noun) – the act of committing crime.
- Wilful (adjective) – intentional, deliberate, planned.
- Omission (noun) – negligence, something neglected.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.
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