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1. Profligate • Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources. Usage: Profligate consumers of energy. • A licentious, dissolute person. Usage: He is a drunkard and a profligate. 2. Puppet state • Puppet government, is a state that is de jure independent...

1. Mutiny • A rebellion against authority. Mutiny is a criminal conspiracy among a group of people to openly oppose, change, or overthrow a lawful authority to which they are subject. Usage: Ser Alliser always hated Jon Snow and ultimately led the fatal mutiny against...

1. Banking lobby • The Banking Lobby refers to the representatives from various firms and organizations seeking favourable terms from governments for big banks and other financial service companies through lobbying and advocacy groups. Usage: The banking lobby...

1. Reparation • The action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged. Usage: Japan’s controls were widely seen as retaliation for South Korean court rulings that called for Japanese companies to...

1. Exoneration • The action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication. Usage: Daniel represented more than 20 people in legal proceedings that led to their exoneration or release from prison. 2. Commission of Inquiry • A commission of inquiry is one of...

1. Minoritarianism • Minoritarianism is a neologism for a political structure or process in which a minority segment of a population has a certain degree of primacy in that entity's decision making. • Minoritarianism may be contrasted with Majoritarianism, but with...

1. Bellwether • Something that leads or indicates a trend. Usage: Basildon is now the bellwether of Britain's voting behaviour. 2. Chukri System • The Chukri System is a debt bondage or forced labour system found in parts of West Bengal. • Under this system a female...

1. Brazenly • In a bold and shameless way. Usage: They are brazenly defying the law. 2. Ostensible • Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so. Usage: Your ostensible reason for visiting every bakery in town is that you're looking for a part-time job —...