Daily English Vocab
PDF 3rd Nov 2016
Questions about an ‘encounter’
The killing of eight prisoners belonging to an outlawed group hours after their escape (बच कर भाग
जाना) from the high-security Central Prison in Bhopal has set off a controversy (वििाद) that is
unlikely to die down soon. The eight under trials, belonging to the Students’ Islamic Movement of
India, had been charged with serious offences and were alleged to have been involved in the
murder of policemen and in armed robberies. While escaping, they killed a police guard who had
tried to stop them. The murder of their colleague may have goaded (उद्यत करना/प्रेररत करना/उकसाना) the
police to pursue (पीछे लगे रहना/लक्ष्य रखना) the suspects and zero in on them within hours on the city’s
outskirts with the help of the public. However, the dramatic events that took place subsequently
are clouded in doubt as the official narrative does not quite hang together. The State government
and the police have failed to provide a cogent (यक़ीनी/वनश्चयात्मक) explanation for the events of the
day. The circulation of footage purportedly recording some moments before and after the
encounter has invited charges that the encounter was ‘fake’. Doubts have been raised whether the
eight men were carrying any weapons or posed an imminent danger to the police party that closed
in on them. Were they about to surrender, having run out of options, when they were killed? One
police officer’s claim that they had firearms and
had attacked the police contradicts another officer’s version that they had no weapons.
The Madhya Pradesh government is understandably keen on an inquiry into the jailbreak to find
out crucial details — such as who masterminded the escape, and whether there was any support
from others in the prison or outside. Further, it should be investigated how CCTV cameras,
watchtowers and searchlights all mysteriously failed while the under trials were scaling two high
walls one after another. There can be no justification (तगगसगं तता/औवचत्य), however, for the
government’s stand that the encounter itself does not require an investigation any deeper than a
routine (सामान्य / पहले जैसी होती रही) magisterial inquiry. The Supreme Court has laid down that every
police encounter has to be probed (जांच क़ी) by the Criminal Investigation Department or any other
independent police team. In this context, the condemnation (वनंदा/वतरस्कार) by members of the ruling
Bharatiya Janata Party of all those who doubt the official version is troubling. Such doubt cannot
be interpreted as support for either the ideology (विचारधारा/वसद्ांतिाद) or the violence perpetrated
(बढािा वदया) by those who escaped from prison. Instead of expecting unquestioning acceptance from
all quarters when issues of human rights and the rule of law are involved, the State government
would do well to institute a thorough probe into the episode to quell (शांत करना/दमन करना) all doubts
and suspicions.
(Courtesy: The Hindu)
1. Escape (noun): An act of breaking free from confinement or control. (बच कर भाग जाना)
 Synonyms: Breakout, Running Away, Absconding, Fleeing, Flit.
 Antonyms: Capture, Stay, Remaining.
Example: The prisoners planned their escape for months before finally getting away.
Verb forms: Escape, Escaped, Escape.
Related words:
 Escape (verb) - भाग जाना

Escapee (noun)- फरार
2. Controversy (noun): Prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion. (वििाद)
 Synonyms: Disagreement, Dispute, Dissension, Contention, Altercation, Wrangle
 Antonyms: Harmony, Concord, Accord.
Example: Whether or not the twelve-year-old killer should be tried as an adult is a subject of much
controversy.
Related words:
 Controversial (adjective) - वििादास्पद
3. Goad (verb): Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction. (उद्यत
करना/प्रेररत करना/उकसाना)
 Synonyms: Provoke, Incite, Impulse, Prick, Prod,
 Antonyms: Deterrent, Restraint, Block.
Example: During lunch in the cafeteria today, my rival tried to goad me into a fight so I would
get suspended from school.
Verb forms: Goad, Goaded, Goaded.
Related words:
 Goading (noun) – उकसाि
4. Pursue (verb): Continue or proceed along (a path or route). (पीछे लगे रहना/लक्ष्य रखना)
 Synonyms: Go After, Run After, Follow, Chase.
 Antonyms: Ignore, Neglect, Quit, Leave, Abandon.
Example: The cops had to pursue the suspect until they were able to capture him.
Verb forms: Pursue, Pursued, Pursued.
Related words:
 Pursuer (noun) - अनसु रण करनेिाला
5. Cogent (adjective): (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing. (यक़ीनी/वनश्चयात्मक)
 Synonyms: Convincing, Compelling, Strong, Weighty
 Antonyms: Weak, Unconvincing, Ineffective.
Example: An experienced speaker, John knew how to deliver a cogent presentation that would
easily engage his audience.
Related words:
 Cogency (noun) - यक़ीन
6. Justification (noun): The action of showing something to be right or reasonable.
(तगगसगं तता/औवचत्य)
 Synonyms: Argumentativeness, Propriety, Explanation.
 Antonyms: Negligence, Avoidance.
Example: Whatever happened recently in encounter needs cogent justification from the
respective authority.
Verb forms: Justify, justified, justified.
Related words:
 Justify (verb) - उवित वसद्ध करना
7. Probe (noun): A thorough investigation into a crime or other matter. (जांच)
 Synonyms: Investigation, Enquiry, Examination, Scrutiny, Inquest.
 Antonyms: Neglect, Let Go.
Example: Once the fire is extinguished, the inspector will probe the source of the blaze.
Verb forms: Probe, Probed, Probed.
Related words:
 Probe (verb) - जाांि करना
8. Ideology (noun): A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of
economic or political theory and policy. (विचारधारा/वसद्ांतिाद)
 Synonyms: Beliefs, Ideas, Ideals, Principles, Doctrine.
 Antonyms: Disbelief.
Example: When Jeff’s governmental ideology changed, he decided to start his own political party.
Related words:
 Ideological (adjective) – िैिाररक

Ideologically (adverb) - सैद्धावां तक रूप से
9. Perpetrate (verb): Carry out or commit (a negative side). (बढािा वदया)
 Synonyms: Commit, Carry Out, Perform, Execute, Effect, Bring About.
 Antonyms: Idle, Prevent, Halt, Stop.
Example: The angry widower has vowed to perpetrate an act of vengeance against the man who
killed his family.
Verb forms: Perpetrate, Perpetrated, Perpetrated.
Related words:
 Perpetration (noun) - अपराध

Perpetrator (noun) - अपराधकताा
10. Quell (verb): To suppress, to put an end to. (शांत करना/दमन करना)
 Synonyms: Calm, Soothe, Pacify, Settle, Quiet, Put at rest.
 Antonyms: Agitate, Aggravate, Worsen.
Example: During the riots, over five hundred policemen worked to quell the uproar.
Verb forms: Quell, Quelled, Quelled.
Related words:
 Quelling (noun) – शमन
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