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January 30, 2016

English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 29th January 2016

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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 29th January 2016. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Mounting grievances, little regulation"
  • Mounting - ​gradually ​increasing
  • Grievances - complaints
  • Monetarily - related to money
  • Exploit - to use someone or something ​unfairly for ​your own ​advantage
  • Ill-equipped - without the ​ability, ​qualities, or ​equipment to do something
  • Naturopathy - a ​system of ​treating ​diseases using ​natural ​methods such as ​controlling what a ​person ​eats, ​exercise, and ​treatments such as ​homeopathy and ​acupuncture
  • Played out -  happened too many times
  • Rescue - save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation
  • Vicious - cruel or violent
  • Hardship - something that ​causes ​difficult or ​unpleasant ​conditions
  • Deprive - not having the things that are ​necessary for a ​pleasant ​life (​money, ​food etc)
  • Dearth of something - not enough of something (insufficient quantity)
  • Apex Bodies - higher authorities
  • Affiliation -  a ​connection with a ​larger ​organization (here universities)
  • Lacking something - do not have enough of something
  • Meticulous - very ​careful and with ​great ​attention to every ​detail
  • Scrutiny - examining something closely (for mistakes)
  • Vested - Having full ownership rights
  • Proliferate - increase rapidly in number
  • Wherewithal - the ​money ​necessary for a ​particular ​purpose
  • Stipulate - to say ​exactly how something must be or must be done
  • Porous - not secured
  • Exploit - make full use of something
  • Unscrupulous - behaving in dishonest way in ​order to get what you ​want
  • Fabricate - to ​make something ​false in ​order to ​cheat someone
  • Obtain - to get something
  • Numerous - great in number (many)
  • Ghost faculty members - not real faculty member who are hired
  • Loopholes - a ​small ​mistake in an ​agreement or ​law that gives someone the ​chance to ​avoid having to do something:
  • Citing - to mention / say something
  • Deficiency - lack of something (shortage)
  • Equipped - having the ​necessary ​tools
  • Statutory - decided or ​controlled by ​law
  • Hands-off approach - letting people do what they want and make their own decisions, without telling them what to do
  • Irredeemable - not able to be saved / improved / corrected
  • Distress - extreme anxiety / sorrow /pain
  • Lackadaisical - lacking enthusiasm and determination (carelessly lazy)
  • Integrity -  the ​quality of being ​honest and having ​strong ​moral ​principles

Topic 2 : "Oommen Chandy must resign"
  • Chipped - cut or break something into small pieces
  • Legitimacy - the ​quality of being ​legal
  • Penumbra - something that covers (the ​part of a ​shadow)
  • Shrugging off - to ​treat something as if it is not ​important or not a ​problem
  • Allegation - a ​statement, made without giving ​proof, that someone has done something ​wrong or ​illegal
  • Packing off - to ​send someone to another ​place
  • Aides - assistants to an important person (especially a political leader)
  • Go-between - a person who ​takes ​messages between ​people who are ​unable to ​meet
  • Accused - to say that someone has done something ​wrong / ​illegal
  • Dupe - to ​deceive (cheat) someone
  • Floated - ​started ​selling ​shares in a ​business or ​company
  • Persuaded - to make someone do or ​believe something
  • Flaunting - showing
  • Swindle - to get ​money ​dishonestly from someone by ​cheating them
  • Deposed - remove from office suddenly and forcefully
  • Tutoring - instructing
  • Testimony - a formal written or spoken statemen (given in a court of law)
  • Compounded - made something worse
  • Colleagues - ​people who ​work together
  • Putting in papers - to submit resignation
  • Adverse - adverse
  • Brazen - bold and without shame
  • Ethical - relating to moral principles
  • Graft - the ​act of getting ​money through the ​dishonest use of ​political ​power and ​influence
  • Scrutiny - critical observation or examination
  • Nonetheless - in spite of that
  • Crisis - danger

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