Khap menace – The Hindu (Feb 08 2018)

Khap menace – The Hindu (Feb 08 2018)

Each time the Supreme Court feels impelled to remind khap panchayats and the society at large that they have no business interfering in the life choices of individuals regarding marriage and love, it is…. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. menace (noun) – threat, danger, risk/peril.
2. impel (verb) – force, compel/pressurize, spur.
3. implicit (adjective) – understood, implied, suggested.
4. commentary (noun) – explanation/examination, interpretation, analysis.
5. milieu (noun) – environment, background, atmosphere.
6. sway (noun) – control, power, authority.
7. the medieval-minded (noun) – uncivilized people.
8. conscience (noun) – morals, standards, values/principles.
9. writ petition (noun) – an application to a court for a writ (a formal written order) when when any of the fundamental rights are violated.
10. kangaroo court (noun) – an unofficial court.
11. stamp out (phrasal verb) – curb, destroy, demolish.
12. ruthlessly (adverb) – without pity/compassion.
13. honour killing (noun) – the killing of a member of a family (particularly a girl or woman) due to the belief the victim has brought dishonour upon the family or community.
14. grave (adjective) – serious/severe, terrible, awful.
15. misfortune (noun) – problem, difficulty ,trouble/setback.
16. mores (noun) – customs, traditions, practices.
17. coercion (noun) – force, compulsion, demand/insistence.
18. resort to (verb) – rely on, use/utilize, employ.
19. feudal (adjective) – old-fashioned, outdated, obsolete.
20. prejudice (noun) – preconception, intolerance/discrimination; chauvinism/racism.
21. penal (adjective) – disciplinary, punitive, corrective.
22. unconscionable (adjective) – unethical, immoral, indefensible.
23. presumably (adverb) – probably, in all likelihood, undoubtedly.
24. taboo (noun) – prohibition, proscription, veto/ban.
25. grouse (noun) – complaint, grumble, objection.
26. lineal (adjective) – inherited, hereditary, familial.
27. ascendancy (noun) – domination, supremacy, superiority.
28. descend (from) (verb) – be a descendant of, originate from, be a blood relative of.
29. provision (noun) – set aside (an amount for a certain cause).
30. ancestor (noun) – forebear, forefather, predecessor/antecedent.
31. social boycott (verb) – an act of voluntary and intentional abstention from dealing with a person/group as an expression of protest, usually for social reasons.
32. discrimination (noun) – prejudice, bias/bigotry, intolerance/inequity.
33. incitement (noun) – provocation, prompting, inducement.
34. high-handed (adjective) – authoritarian, imperious, coercive.
35. brook (verb) – tolerate, allow, bear/withstand (an opposition).

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