some difficult words from editorials , which is important and very helpful for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other exams !!!
It is unfortunate that the Cauvery dispute is once again before the Supreme Court, barely weeks after the final verdict. The Centre is to blame for the dispute going into another round of litigation. While Tamil Nadu has moved the court to initiate contempt proceedings against the Centre for not complying with the direction to frame a scheme to implement the water-sharing arrangement set out in the February 16 judgment, the Centre has sought three more months and some clarifications in the court order. It is difficult to believe the issue at hand is so perplexing that the Centre had no option but to come back to the court. It appears that it does not want to handle the issue until the Karnataka Assembly elections get over in mid-May. Political and electoral considerations appear to have dictated the Centre’s action. It is almost as if it believes that as long as the option of buying further time is available, it need not fulfil its legal obligations. It is unfortunate that just before the expiry of the court’s six-week deadline, the Centre came up with a petition asking the court to clarify whether the proposed scheme should be the same as that which the Tribunal had set out in its final award in 2007, or could be at variance with it.
It is true that there is a divergence of opinion between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the proposed mechanism and its composition. While Tamil Nadu wants the ‘scheme’ envisaged by the court to mean nothing other than the Cauvery Management Board and the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee, mentioned in the Tribunal’s final award, Karnataka says there is no reference to a ‘board’ in the apex court’s order, and that the Centre could frame a scheme different from that described by the Tribunal. It contends that the apex court envisaged a ‘dispute resolution body’, and not the ‘management board’ favoured by the Tribunal. Against this backdrop, the Centre could have exercised discretion and come up with a scheme that would include an inter-State body to oversee the water-sharing. At the latest hearing, the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, observed that the term ‘scheme’ mentioned in the judgment did not refer to only a ‘board’. He also assured Tamil Nadu that the court would ensure that it was not deprived of its share of Cauvery water. It is an indication that it is not the nomenclature but the nature of the relief that matters. It will be wise for all parties to remember that disputes are better resolved on the basis of equity and not prolonged on expedient considerations. The Centre’s actions should not amount to undermining the finality of the highest court’s judgment, and should be unwaveringly in aid of its implementation.
1. Dispute (noun) : विवाद
Meaning : a disagreement or argument.
Synonyms : debate, discussion, discourse, disputation, argument, controversy, contention, disagreement, altercation, falling-out, quarrelling, variance, dissension, conflict, friction, strife, discord, antagonism; rarevelitation, contestation.
Antonyms : agreement.
Usage : a territorial dispute between the two countries.
2. Litigation (noun) : मुकदमेबाज़ी
Meaning : the process of taking legal action.
Synonyms : legal proceeding(s), legal action, lawsuit, legal dispute, legal case, case, legal contest, action, cause, judicial proceeding(s), suit, suit at law, legal process, prosecution, bringing of charges, indictment, trial.
Antonyms : illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness.
Usage : he objected to some passages in the book, but did not resort to litigation.
3. Contempt (verb) : निन्दनीय
Meaning : the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.
Antonyms : admiration, affection, approbation, approval, endorsement, love, regard, respect, sanction.
Usage : Pam stared at the girl with total contempt.
4. Considerations (Noun) : विचार
Meaning : careful thought, typically over a period of time.
Synonyms : thought, deliberation, reflection, contemplation, cogitation, rumination, pondering, meditation, musing, mulling, examination, inspection, scrutiny, analysis, review, discussion; attention, heed, notice, regard.
Antonyms : disregard, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, ignorance, neglect, negligence, omission, thoughtlessness.
Usage : your case needs very careful consideration.
5. Petition (adjective) : याचिका
Meaning : a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.
Synonyms : appeal, round robin, list of signatures/protesters.
Antonyms : denial, disavowal, disclaimer, refusal, retraction, revocation.
Usage : she was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields.
6. Divergence (noun) : विचलन
Meaning : the process or state of diverging.
Synonyms : separation, dividing, parting, forking, branching; fork, division; technicalbifurcation.
Antonyms : accord,agreement,concord,convergence,harmony, sameness.
Usage : the divergence of the human and great ape lineages.
7. Envisaged (adjective) : परिकल्पना की गई
Meaning : contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.
Synonyms: foresee, predict, forecast, foretell, anticipate, expect, think likely, envision; intend, propose, mean.
Antonyms : ignore.
Usage : it was envisaged that such hospitals would be opened in all the principal towns.
8. Discretion (noun) : विवेक
Meaning : the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information.
Synonyms : circumspection, care, carefulness, caution, wariness, chariness, guardedness; tact, tactfulness, diplomacy, delicacy, sensitivity, subtlety, consideration, prudence, judiciousness, judgement, discrimination, sense, good sense, common sense; kid gloves.
Antonyms : carelessness,indiscretion, thoughtlessness.
Usage : the negotiations have been carried out with the utmost discretion.
9. Deprived (adjective) : वंचित
Meaning : suffering a severe and damaging lack of basic material and cultural benefits.
Synonyms : disadvantaged, underprivileged, poverty-stricken, impoverished, poor, destitute, needy, in need, in want, badly off, unable to make ends meet, in reduced circumstances, unable to keep the wolf from the door; depressed, distressed, forlorn; on the bread line; formalpenurious, impecunious; rarenecessitous.
Antonyms : enrich.
Usage : the charity cares for destitute and deprived children.
10. Expedient (adjective) : उपाय
Meaning : (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.
Synonyms : convenient, advantageous, in one’s own interests, to one’s own advantage, useful, of use, of service, beneficial, of benefit, profitable, gainful, effective, helpful; practical, pragmatic, strategic, tactical; politic, prudent, wise, judicious, sensible, desirable, suitable.
Antonyms : inappropriate, inexpedient, unbeneficial, unprofitable, unworthwhile.
Usage : either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so.
