Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Words from the news- flout, exodus

Flout:
Treat with contemptuous disregard, flout the rules.
A contemptuous action or remark; an insult

Sys. scoff, jeer, gibe, barrack

=> Ship breaking yards keep flouting laws, six dead in a week.

Exodus:
A departure of a large number of people.
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

sys. hejira, escape

=> Authorities have registered 90,000 people displaced from the tribal belt on the Afghan border since August, with a fresh exodus after a weekend hostage siege at army headquarters near Islamabad deeply embarrassed the military.

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