The Hindu Editorial (Midnight rumble) – Oct 25, 2018

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Midnight rumble) – Oct 25, 2018:

1. rumble (noun) – street fight, fist fight, scuffle/tussle (with a continuous echoing sound/noise).
2. feud (noun) – quarrel, argument, dispute (a continuous, non-stop one).
3. abrupt (adjective) – sudden, unexpected, instantaneous.
4. albeit (conjunction) – though, even though, however.
5. interim (adjective) – provisional, transitional, temporary.
6. culmination (noun) – high point, height, climax.
7. murky (adjective) – questionable, suspicious, dubious/mysterious.
8. embarrass (verb) – humiliate, upset, make ashamed.
9. morph (verb) – alter, modify, transform/distort.
10. full-blown (adjective) – fully developed, complete, thorough/entire.
11. even-handedness (noun) – unbiased & fair decision, straightforwardness, fairness.
12. divest (verb) – deprive, strip, dispossess/relieve of (power).
13. strong-arm (adjective) – aggressive, forceful, coercive.
14. tenure (noun) – term, period, time (in office).
15. vitiate (verb) – spoil, impair, destroy.
16. factional (adjective) – individual, selfish/personal, partisan/sectarian.
17. in connection with (phrase) – with regard to, with respect to, dealing with.
18. wilfully (adverb) – deliberately, purposefully.
19. obstructionist (noun) – a person who follow the practice of purposely delaying legal/other procedures.
20. sordid (adjective) –  shameful, unsavoury, dirty.
21. statutory (adjective) – legitimate, permissible, admissible.
22. amount to (verb) – be regarded as, be equivalent to, be tantamount to.
23. curtail (verb) – reduce, decrease, cut down.
24. superintendence (noun) – an act process of supervise, manage, govern something.
25. invoke (verb) – cite, refer to, adduce.
26. dimension (noun) – aspect, feature, element/side (of a situation).
27. rive (verb) – tear apart, split, rip apart.

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