👀DAILY HINDU EDITORIAL WORD BYTES - 1 --> 27 APRIL👀

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💥Daily Word Bytes - 1  from editorial - Judgement Day - on Asaram Case Verdict💥

    imprisonment (noun) – incarceration, internment, captivity.
    Hindu Editorial usage : In sentencing Asaram Bapu to imprisonment for the rest of his natural life for the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2013

    reinvigorate (verb) – re-energize, fortify, strengthen/resuscitate
    Hindu Editorial usage : Special Court in Jodhpur has reinvigorated faith in the criminal justice system.

    aide (noun) – assistant, helper, subordinate.
    Hindu Editorial usage : Two aides who facilitated the crime have been sentenced to 20 years in prison

    facilitate (verb) – assist, help, aid.
    Hindu Editorial usage : Two aides who facilitated the crime have been sentenced to 20 years in prison

    benumbing (adjective) –  insensible, unfeeling, numbed.
    Hindu Editorial usage : At a time when sexual offences against women and minor girls are being reported with benumbing regularity, a verdict of this sort reinforces public trust

    patronage (noun) – assistance, support, backing.
    Hindu Editorial usage :  Holding powerful and influential heads of religious institutions is not easy in this country, given the wide public support and political patronage they enjoy.

    overawe (verb) – intimidate, unnerve/frighten, discourage.
    Hindu Editorial usage : seem to have been overawed by his large following or intimidated by his belligerent supporters

    belligerent (adjective) – aggressive, threatening, antagonistic.
    Hindu Editorial usage : seem to have been overawed by his large following or intimidated by his belligerent supporters

    dire (adjective) – terrible/horrible, dreadful, frightful.
    Hindu Editorial usage :  High-ranking police officers received letters and phone calls threatening them and their families with dire consequences

    chilling (adjective) – frightening, terrifying, disturbing/horrifying.
    Hindu Editorial usage :  The facts are chilling

    ostensibly (adverb) – apparently, seemingly, allegedly.
    Hindu Editorial usage : ostensibly to exorcise ‘evil spirits’ that had possessed her.

    exorcise (verb) – drive out, expel, rid/ free (evil spirits (ghosts)).
    Hindu Editorial usage : ostensibly to exorcise ‘evil spirits’ that had possessed her.

    quell (verb) – put an end to, get rid of, curb/thwart.
    Hindu Editorial usage :  the State concerned has to be on high alert and massive police deployment is required to quell possible trouble by followers.

    makeshift (adjective) – temporary, make-do, provisional/substitute.
    Hindu Editorial usage :  the judgment was delivered in a makeshift courtroom in a prison

    mortifying (adjective) – causing great embarrassment.
    Hindu Editorial usage : There is nothing more mortifying to the devout than witnessing jet-age godmen betraying the trust of their followers.

    the devout (noun) – dedication/devotion, commitment, loyalty.
    Hindu Editorial usage : There is nothing more mortifying to the devout than witnessing jet-age godmen betraying the trust of their followers.

    jet-age (adjective) – relating to the era of traveling by aircraft.
    Hindu Editorial usage : There is nothing more mortifying to the devout than witnessing jet-age godmen betraying the trust of their followers.

    betray (verb) – be unfaithful to, be disloyal to, break the trust in.
    Hindu Editorial usage : There is nothing more mortifying to the devout than witnessing jet-age godmen betraying the trust of their followers.

    graduate (verb) – develop, progress, move up.
    Hindu Editorial usage : Asaram fits into the template of the self-styled godman: graduating from running a liquor business to peddling spiritual succour, leading a lavish lifestyle,

    peddling (noun) – an act of promoting an idea extensively.
    Hindu Editorial usage : Asaram fits into the template of the self-styled godman: graduating from running a liquor business to peddling spiritual succour, leading a lavish lifestyle,

    mayhem (noun) – chaos, disorder, turmoil/unrest.
    Hindu Editorial usage : After the violence and mayhem that gripped Panchkula town in the immediate aftermath of the sentencing of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh last year in a rape case,

    grip (verb) – afflict, affect, torment.
    Hindu Editorial usage : After the violence and mayhem that gripped Panchkula town in the immediate aftermath of the sentencing of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh last year in a rape case,

    aftermath (noun) – consequences, outcome/results, repercussions/reverberations.
    Hindu Editorial usage : After the violence and mayhem that gripped Panchkula town in the immediate aftermath of the sentencing of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh last year in a rape case,

    succour (noun) – aid/help/support, assistance, relief.
    Hindu Editorial usage :  graduating from running a liquor business to peddling spiritual succour, leading a lavish lifestyle, 

    underscore (verb) – underline, emphasize, highlight.
    Hindu Editorial usage : Special Judge Madhusudan Sharma has underscored how the accused had broken the victim’s trust in him.

    tainted (adjective) – dishonoured/disgraced, corrupt, dirty.
    Hindu Editorial usage : Verdicts such as these are needed at a time when sections of society see tainted men as guardians of India’s age-old spiritual tradition.


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