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Daily Vocabulary from The Hindu: August 24, 2019

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1. Rescind
• Revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement.
Usage: The government eventually rescinded the directive.

2. Discretionary powers
• In a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government, a discretionary power is a power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of the government.

3. Vicissitude
• A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
Usage: But due to vicissitude of fortune the Empire collapsed and left behind the legacy of the English language, on which the sun never sets.

4. Oasis
• In geography, an oasis is the combination of a human settlement and a cultivated area in a desert or semi-desert environment. Oases also provide habitat for animals and spontaneous plants.
Usage: The Oasis, with its water flumes and hydro slide, is a favourite among youngsters

5. Mural
• A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent surfaces.
Usage: Huge murals Gautam Buddha.

6. Oriental Culture vs Western Culture
• Oriental Culture is the academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology.
• Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization, Occidental culture, the Western world, Western society, and European civilization, is the heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional etc.

7. Characteristically
• In a way that is typical of a particular person, place, or thing.
Usage: He characteristically helped old people and children.

8. Unencumbered
• Not having any burden or impediment.
Usage: He needed to travel light and unencumbered.
• Free of debt or other financial liability.

9. Moratorium
• A temporary prohibition of an activity.
Usage: A moratorium on the use of drift nets was imposed aft r the floods.
Synonyms: embargo, ban, prohibition, suspension, postponement.
• A legal authorization to debtors to postpone payment.
Usage: The debt was to be subject to a five-year moratorium.

10. Confetti
• Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, Mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings
Usage. Each building was decorated with banners, flowers, coloured ribbons and confetti

11. Dictum
• In general usage, a dictum is an authoritative or dogmatic statement. In some contexts, such as legal writing and church cantata librettos, dictum can have a specific meaning.
Usage: Apparently, the new dictum in the National Party is that if women members disagree with their leader, they are gone by lunchtime.

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