accede

/əkˈsiːd/

verb formal

Past tense: acceded; past participle: acceded

Agree to a demand, request, or treaty.

The authorities did not accede to the strikers' demands.

Synonyms: agree to, consent to, accept, assent to, acquiesce in.

assume an office or position.

Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558.

Hemu acceded to the throne of Delhi on 7 October 1556 after defeating Akbar's Mughal forces in the Battle of Delhi in the Tughlakabad area in Delhi.

Flee

/fliː/

verb

run away from a place or situation of danger.

To escape the fighting, his family fled from their village.

Synonyms: run, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, be gone, make off, take off.

In the battle Islam Shah came out victorious and Adil Khan fled, never to be seen again.

Rescind

/rɪˈsɪnd/

verb

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

"the government eventually rescinded the directive"

Synonyms: revoke, repeal, cancel, reverse, abrogate, overturn, overrule.

Others demanded the government rescind the compensation given to Ikhlaq’s family and threatened to call a mahapanchayat of 144 Rajput villages if their demands weren’t met.

Prominent

important; famous.

In Geneva, I will meet prominent businesspersons.

siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by attrition or assault. The term derives from sedere, Latin for "to sit"

Russia prevented Siege of India.

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imbecile

/ˈɪmbɪsiːl/

DO NOT MAKE SUCH IMBECILE GENERALISATION

noun informal

1. a stupid person.

Synonyms: Fool, idiot, moron, dolt, halfwit, dunce, dullard, blockhead, ignoramus, clod; informaldope, thickhead, ninny, chump, dimwit, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, dipstick, donkey, noodle; informalnit, nitwit, twit, numpty, clot, muppet, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, wazzock, divvy;

I'd have to be an imbecile to do such a thing.

adjective

stupid; idiotic.

Try not to make imbecile remarks.

synonyms: stupid, foolish, idiotic, silly, doltish, half-witted, witless, dull, brainless, mindless.

prerogative

prerogative
n
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)
"suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"
syn : prerogative, privilege, perquisite, exclusive right

Liberal

/ˈlɪb(ə)r(ə)l/

Adjective

1. Willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.

"Liberal views towards divorce"

2. (Of education) concerned with broadening a person's general knowledge and experience, rather than with technical or professional training.

"The provision of liberal adult education"

Synonyms: wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic.

"The provision of liberal adult education"

Noun

1. A person of liberal views.

"A concern among liberals about the relation of the citizen to the state"

Mercantilism

/ˈməːk(ə)ntʌɪˌlɪz(ə)m/

noun

belief in the benefits of profitable trading.

Mercantilism was an economic theory and practice, dominant in modernized parts of Europe during the 16th to the 18th century, that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers.

Sect

/sɛkt/

A group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs (typically regarded as heretical) from those of a larger group to which they belong.

Synonyms: (religious) cult, religious group, faith community.

Armed And Dangerous In Mathura: Sect Used Grenades, Swords; 24 Dead 

Plausible

/ˈplɔːzɪb(ə)l/

seeming reasonable or probable.

A plausible explanation

Synonyms: credible, reasonable, believable, likely, feasible, probable, tenable.

Either they got confused on the camera, a plausible explanation.

Adore

/əˈdɔː/

Love and respect (someone) deeply.

Synonyms: love dearly, love, be devoted to, dote on, care for, hold dear, cherish, treasure, prize.

verb

He adored his mother

What is there in two boy friendship that girls adore?

Worship; venerate.

He adored the Sacred Host.

Scapegoat

noun

a person made to bear the blame for others

verb

(transitive) to make a scapegoat of

It was his misfortune to be the scapegoat upon whose head parliament laid the accumulated sins, real and imaginary, of the East India Company.

Tremendous

/trɪˈmɛndəs/

Synonyms: very great, huge, enormous, immense, colossal, massive, prodigious, stupendous, monumental, mammoth, vast

He is all set to become a father for the first time in his life and the actor is tremendously excited about it.

Grievance

/ˈɡriːv(ə)ns/

A real or imagined cause for complaint, especially unfair treatment.

A website which enabled staff to air their grievances.

Synonyms: injustice, unjust act, wrong, injury, ill, offence, disservice, unfairness, evil, outrage, atrocity, damage; affront, insult, indignity

Civil disorder could be the result of a real or imagined grievance.

Besides the above political and administrative, economic, social and religious grievances, another major cause was the unrest of the sepoys in the army of the British.

Inferior

adjective

1. Lower in rank, status, or quality.

"schooling in inner-city areas was inferior to that in the rest of the country"

synonyms: lower in status, lesser, second-class, second-fiddle, minor, subservient, lowly, humble, menial, not very important, not so important, below someone, beneath someone, under someone's heel;

antonyms: superior;

They are regarded as inferior by other staff.

"inferior goods"

2. low or lower in position.

Ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum.

noun

1. A person lower than another in rank, status, or ability.

"her social and intellectual inferiors"

synonyms: subordinate, junior, underling, minion, menial; informal bitch.

How dare she treat him as an inferior?

distrust

/dɪsˈtrʌst/

noun

1. The feeling that someone or something cannot be relied upon.

The public's distrust of politicians.

synonyms: mistrust, suspicion, wariness, chariness, lack of trust, lack of confidence, lack of faith; scepticism, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, cynicism; misgivings, questioning, qualms; disbelief, unbelief, incredulity, incredulousness, discredit; informalleeriness

The general distrust of authority amongst drug users.