English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 15th October 2017 (Sunday)
- Toxic - poisonous and harmful to people, animals, or the environment
- Insecticide - a chemical for killing insects, especially those that damage plants or crops
- Regulation - an official rule that controls the way that things are done
- Exposure - the state of being put into a situation in which something harmful or dangerous might affect you
- Belt - an area of land where there is a particular industry, activity etc
- Evident - easy to see, notice, or understand
- Miserably - feeling or showing unhappiness
- Investment - the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage
- Rely - to trust someone or something to do something for you
- Volume - an amount of something
- In the face of something - in a situation where you have to deal with something unpleasant or difficult
- Severe - very serious and worrying
- Pest - an insect or small animal that damages plants or supplies of food
- Unscrupulous - willing to do things that are unfair, dishonest, or illegal
- Outlet - a shop or place where a particular product is sold
- Gross - extremely bad and are immoral
- Obsolete - no longer used because of being replaced by something newer and more effective
- Feeble - not strong enough
- Fall by the wayside - to not be successful or effective any longer
- Spurious - not real or sincere
- Regulatory - a regulatory organization or company controls an activity, process, or industry
- Residue - the part of something that remains after the rest has gone or ended
- Beverage - a drink
- Tolerance - the ability to experience something unpleasant or painful without being harmed
- Incongruous - strange because of being very different to other things which happen or exist in the same situation
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Comply - to act according to an order, set of rules, or request
- Imperative - extremely important and urgent
- Envisaged - to have something as a plan or an intention
- Oversight - something that you do not notice or think of that causes problems later
- Outmoded - no longer useful, suitable, or relevant
- Efficacy - effectiveness in producing the result that you intended
- Warding off - to do something to prevent someone or something from harming you
- Assessment - the process of making a judgment or forming an opinion, after considering something or someone carefully
- Irony - a strange, funny, or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect
- Distressed - very unhappy, worried, or upset
- Organic - organic food or drink is produced using no or only a small number of artificial chemicals and methods
- Efficacious - producing the effect that you intended
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Iran-U.S. relations: On dangerous footing"
- Footing - the position of one person, group, or thing in relation to another
- Undermine - to make something or someone become gradually less effective, confident, or successful
- Endanger - to put someone or something into a situation where they might be harmed or damaged
- Nonproliferation - the effort to stop the increase in nuclear weapons
- Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
- Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
- Pact - an agreement between two or more people or organizations in which they promise to do something
- In compliance with - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Signatory - a person or organization that has signed an official agreement
- Insist - to say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
- Threaten - to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Disavow - to say firmly that you have no connection with someone or something or no responsibility for them
- Hawkish - preferring to deal with political problems by using military force instead of more peaceful methods
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Pass the buck - to make someone else deal with something that you should take responsibility for
- Bipartisan - involving two political parties with different ideas or policies
- Senate - the more senior part of a law-making institution that has two parts
- Hardliner - extreme and severe and not likely to change
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Hostility - opposition to something
- Shortcoming - a fault or problem that makes someone or something less effective
- Sort out - to do what is necessary to deal with a problem, disagreement, or difficult situation successfully
- Significance - importance
- Chaos - a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess
- Address - to try to deal with a problem
- Reputation - the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour or character
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