The Hindu Editorial (For the weakest) – Aug 31, 2020

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (For the weakest) – Aug 31, 2020:

revisit (verb) – reconsider, re-examine, re-evaluate.
bar (noun) – ban, prohibition, forbidding.
marginalised (adjective) – relating to the people who are treated as insignificant, treated as unimportant, neglected.
cogent (adjective) – valid, effective, convincing, logical, clear.
legislature (noun) – government/authority.
affirm (verb) – confirm, ratify, endorse, uphold.
competence (noun) – authority, power, jurisdiction, ambit.
preferential (adjective) – special, advantageous, favourable.
deprive of (verb) – dispossess, strip of, deny, prevent from having.
homogeneous (adjective) – similar, equivalent, identical/unvarying.
obligation (noun) – duty, responsibility, commitment, requirement, necessity.
trickle down (phrasal verb) – pass on benefits to the people at the bottom of the pyramid (by those at top of the system).
backwardness (noun) – the condition/state of not developed.
decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
amount to (verb) – represent, be equivalent to, be tantamount to, be equal to.
tinker (verb) – try to repair, try to improve, play with (aimlessly or unskillfully).
caveat (noun) – warning, caution, condition.
in respect of (phrase) – concerning, regarding, relating to, with reference to.
subsequent (adjective) – following, ensuing, succeeding, successive.
the least (determiner) – minimum, minimal.
strike down (phrasal verb) – abolish, annul, nullify (a law or regulation).
carve out (phrasal verb) – create, establish, take out (something with effort).
compartment (noun) – section, part, category/class/group.
affirmative action programme (noun) – it means positive steps taken to increase the representation of (women and minorities) in areas of employment, education, and culture from which they have been historically excluded.
overturn (verb) – negate, void, repeal, cancel.
unmixed (adjective) – absolute, unqualified, unconditional, categorical, complete, total, outright.
blessing (noun) – advantage, benefit, favour.
at large (phrase) – as a whole, generally, extensively.
jurisprudence (noun) – body of laws/rules; legal system.
veer (verb) – change, deviate, diverge.
creamy layer (noun) – income ceiling for OBC reservation under which children of persons having a gross annual income of Rs 8 lakh or above for a period of three consecutive years would fall under the creamy layer category and would not be entitled to the benefit of reservation available to Other Backward Classes.
given (preposition) – considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
oppression (noun) – persecution, abuse, ill treatment, suppression.
marginalisation (noun) – an act of making someone as insignificant/unimportant.
moot (adjective) – debatable, disputable, arguable; disputed, controversial.
ground (noun) – reason, factor, basis, rationale, premise.
better off (phrase) – in an advantageous position.