English Vocabulary from
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Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials.
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Only about terrorism ?"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "What the state cannot bear to hear"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Only about terrorism ?"
- Hosted - to arrange a special event and provide the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
- As well as - in addition; and also
- Initiative - a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem
- Moorings - a place where a boat or ship can be tied up
- Emerging - just beginning to exist or be noticed
- Faded - to become less important
- Unmatched - better than all others
- Battling - to try very hard to deal with a difficult situation
- Poverty - a situation in which someone does not have enough money to pay for their basic needs
- Wide-ranging - covering many subjects
- Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
- Outreach - the practice of providing help and advice to people in a community before they have to ask for it
- Condensed - to become shorter or smaller
- Discourse - a long and serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject
- Domestic - relating to a person's own country
- Context - the general situation in which something happens
- Partially - not completely
- Embarked - to start a journey / visit
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Isolate - to keep someone away from other people
- Emanating - to express a quality or feeling through the way that you look and behave
- Fora - meetings in which people can talk about a problem or matter especially of public interest (plural form of Forum)
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Escalated - to become more serious
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Non-Aligned - a country that is non-aligned does not receive support from a more powerful country
- Outrage - a strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair
- Adventurism - a way of managing a business, government, or the armed forces that is considered dangerous and might have negative results
- Prosperity - the situation of being successful and having a lot of money
- Equitable - fair and reasonable because everyone is treated in the same way
- Deliberations - discussions in which a subject is considered carefully
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something
- Cross-border - between different countries, or involving people from different countries
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Moderation - opinions and actions, especially in politics, that are reasonable and not extreme
- Forging - to work hard to achieve something
- Broad-based - used to describe something that will affect many different places, activities, etc
- Gathering - a group of people meeting together
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "What the state cannot bear to hear"
- Cannot bear - if you cannot bear something, you cannot accept or do it because it makes you very unhappy
- Several - a number of people or things that is more than two or three, but not many
- Charge - an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime
- Rumours - unofficial information that may or may not be true
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- In the wake of something - happening after an event or as a result of it
- Heavy-handedness - using too much force, or not considering people’s feelings enough when dealing with a situation
- Distinguish - to recognize the differences between things
- Unfounded - not supported with facts or evidence
- Speculation - ideas or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen
- Trouble-mongering - to encourage trouble
- Hospitalisation - the act of taking someone to hospital and keeping them there for treatment
- Very little - nothing
- Sparsely - small in numbers or amount
- Bulletin - an official statement about something important
- Allegiance - loyalty and support for a ruler, country, group, or belief
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Gross - extremely bad
- Abuse - cruel, violent, or unfair treatment
- Betray - to not be loyal to your country or a person, often by doing something harmful such as helping their enemies
- Desperation - the worry and anger that someone feels because they do not know how to deal with a bad situation
- At odds with - disagreeing with someone
- Functionary - an official who works for a government or a political party, especially one with unimportant or boring office duties
- Sanitise - to change something by removing unpleasant information from it
- Curtailing - to reduce or limit something
- Well-meaning - trying to help but often making things worse
- Unsettling - something that is unsettling makes you feel nervous, confused, or upset
- Solely - involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned
- Testimony - a formal statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually given in a court of law
- Disrupt - to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from continuing as usual or as expected
- Innocuous - not likely to offend or upset anyone
- Ritual - a formal ceremony
- Intimidation - to deliberately make someone feel frightened, especially so that they will do what you want
- Mischief - behaviour, that is slightly bad but is not intended to cause serious harm or damage
- At the behest of someone - because someone has asked or ordered you to do something
- Groundswell - a sudden increase in people’s feelings about something
- Sympathy - a natural feeling of kindness that you have for someone who is experiencing something very unpleasant
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