"ENGLISH VOCAB"
Part-2
Source- HINDUSTAN TIMES
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I am Meenakshi.
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Here sharing "ENGLISH VOCAB"
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1. Consideration- Careful Thought
2. Plea - Appeal, a request made in an urgent manner
eg- Plea to quash action against Gujarat cops
3. Quash - Cancel, reject as invalid, revoke
4. Prosecution - Conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge
eg- quashing of criminal prosecution
5. Insurgency - the quality or circumstances of being relellious
6. To the tune of - Amounting to or involving (a specified considerable sum) eg- He was in debt to the tune of forty thousand pounds.
Resort was sealed for non-payment of taxes to the tune of rs 4.50 crore
7. Swoop - (verb) to move in a sudden sweep, to make a rush or an attack with a sudden movement
eg - The bird swooped down on its prey.
8. Pastor - (noun) a minister in charge of a Christian Church
Sy- Preacher, priest, Parson,Cleric, Clergyman
eg- Kerala pastor gets 40 year jail term for raping minor
9. Discourse - Discussion, Conversation, debate, talk
eg- The issue of illegal migrants has dominated the political discourse during every assembly election.
10. Divisive - (adj) tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people
eg- the highly divisive issue of abortion
Us heads into one of its most divisive presidential elections ever.
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