The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 28 December 2018

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 28 December 2018

Sr No.	Word	Meaning	Usage
1.	ABRIDGE	Shorten a book, film, speech, etc. without losing the sense	The abridged version of the book is also very nice.
2.	ALLEGATION	A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong	He made serious allegations of corruption against my father.
3.	AUTHORITARIAN	Favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority; Showing a lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others; dictatorial	The authoritarian regime of the king was overthrown by the military.
4.	BREACH	An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct	Breach of agreement will be considered a serious offence.
5.	CONTEST	An event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity	The MLA informed that he doesn’t want to contest in the elections again.
6.	CREDIBILITY	An event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity	The government lost its credibility after the 9000-crore scam.
7.	DECRYPT	Make a coded or unclear message intelligible; A text that has been decoded	The computer was used to encrypt and decrypt transmissions that came from the spies.
8.	ENVISAGE	Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event; Form a mental picture of something	He was envisaging about the event that is going to happen next year.
9.	EVOKE	Bring or recall a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind;	The sight of the school evoked some pleasant memories of that time.
10.	FOMENT	Instigate or stir up an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action	The extremist group tried to foment religious sentiments of the opposite group but was not successful.
11.	FORMIDABLE	Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense	The opposition was quite formidable.
12.	FURORE	An outbreak of public anger or excitement	The role of the MLA in the scam that happened recently created a furore in the legislative assembly.
13.	HIGH-HANDEDNESS	Having or showing no regard for the rights, concerns, or feelings of others	Her high-handedness disappointed everyone.
14.	INTERCEPT	Obstruct someone or something to prevent them from continuing to a destination	The NIA intercepted hundreds of phone calls.
15.	INTERMEDIARY	A person who acts as a link between people in order to try and bring about an agreement	The intermediary was very kind and helpful.
16.	LEGITIMATE	Conforming to the law or to rules	Mob-lynching is not a legitimate act.
17.	LYNCH	A group of people) kill someone for an alleged offence without a legal trial	Lynch mobs have become uncontrollable these days in many parts of the country.
18.	MARRED	Impair the quality or appearance of; Spoil	Violations marred the spirit of celebrations of the festival.
19.	OBLIGATION	An act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound	She did not fulfill her obligations.
20.	OFFEND	To displease or cause hurt to someone; Commit an illegal act	The small gang of criminals offend again and again.
21.	PAEDOPHILIA	Sexual feelings directed towards children	The man was accused of paedophilia.
22.	REPRESSIVE	Inhibiting or restraining personal freedom	The regime of the Chinese government is quite repressive.
23.	RESENTMENT	Bitter indignation at having been treated unfairly	When she didn’t win the first prize, resentment surrounded her.
24.	REVOKE	Officially cancel a decree, decision, or promise	The sentence was revoked by the supreme court.
25.	SALUTARY	Beneficial; Especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant producing good effects	We have failed to draw salutary lessons from our earlier failures.
26.	SECTARIAN	Denoting or concerning a sect or sects	The new law will create a sectarian divide.
27.	SNOOP	Investigate or look around to find out something especially information about someone’s private affairs	You should stop snooping into our private matters.
28.	SPIKE	A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material; A sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something	The government was worried after the sudden spikes in the prices of oil barrel.
29.	STATUTORY	Required, permitted, or enacted by statute	SEBI is a statutory body.
30.	STRINGENT	Strict, precise, and exacting	The stringent regulations evoked resentment in the members of the party.
31.	SURVEILLANCE	Close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal	The surveillance conducted last month proved to be futile.
32.	SUSPICION	A feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true	I had a strong suspicion that he was the murderer.
33.	VIOLATE	Break or fail to comply with a rule or formal agreement	I was the only one who violated the rules of the company.

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