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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 10th December 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : " Crunch time at WTO"
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : " Crunch time at WTO"
- Crunch time - a critical moment or period when decisive action is needed
- Biennial - a biennial event happens once every two years
- Contour - the shape of the outside edge of something
- Mount - to gradually increase, rise, or get bigger
- Unsustainable - not capable of continuing at the same rate or level
- Fishery - an area of the sea where fish can be caught to be sold
- e-commerce - the activity of buying and selling goods on the Internet
- Backing - support
- Distort - to change something such as information so that it is no longer true or accurate
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
- Agenda - all the things that need to be done or that need to be thought about or solved
- Prerequisite - something that must exist or happen before something else is possible
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Prevailing - existing at a particular time or in a particular place
- Imbalance - a situation in which the balance between two things is not equal or fair
- Caution - to tell someone about a danger or problem that they need to know about or avoid
- Potentially - possibly true in the future, but not true now
- Unravel - to understand something complicated by thinking about it for a long time
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Lend credence - to make people think that something is likely to be true
- Scepticism - doubts that someone has about something that other people think is true or right
- Lukewarm - not very enthusiastic or interested
- Stance - an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
- Substantive - important or serious, or referring to the most important or serious issues
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Underpin - to be an important basic part of something, allowing it to succeed or continue to exist
- Bolster - to make something stronger or more effective
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Alleviation - to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe
- Decline - to say politely that you will not accept something or do something
- Trade-off - an agreement to do something if someone else does something
- Stringent - stringent rules or conditions are strict and make you achieve high standards
- Transparency - an honest way of doing things that allows other people to know exactly what you are doing
- Existential - an existential danger threatens the very existence of something
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Combative - ready to fight, argue with, or oppose someone
- Multilateral - involving three or more groups, especially the governments of three or more countries
- Unilateral - done or decided by one country, group, or person, often without considering what other countries etc think or want
- Appellate - relating to a legal appeal
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Transient - existing, happening, or staying somewhere for a short period of time only
- Can ill afford (to do) something - used for saying that someone should definitely not do something because it will cause problems
- Imperative - extremely important and urgent
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Turn the page: On ANC’s future"
- Turn the page - to move on to new involvements or activities
- Seize the chance - to act quickly in order to use an opportunity that may not be available later
- Pull away from - to move away from someone who is trying to hold you or touch you
- Cabal - a small group of people who secretly work together to get power for themselves
- Break away - to escape from a person, place, or situation
- Legacy - something such as a tradition or problem that exists as a result of something that happened in the past
- Blight - to cause serious damage or harm to something
- Apartheid - the political system that existed in the past in South Africa, in which only white people had political rights and power
- Incumbent - someone who has an official position
- Hand over the reins - to give control of something
- Inherit - to receive property or money from someone who has died
- Nervous - feeling excited and worried, or slightly afraid
- Gloomy - showing that things are not going well and will probably not go well in the future
- Scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- At the helm - officially controlling an organization or company
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Cronyism - the practice of giving jobs and other advantages to friends, especially in politics
- Exponentially - more and more rapidly
- Root out - to find something bad or illegal and get rid of it
- Pervasive - spreading through the whole of something and becoming a very obvious feature of it
- Deputy - someone whose job is the second most important in a department or organization, and who takes the responsibilities of the most important person in some situations
- Centrist - not extreme in your political beliefs
- In the reckoning - being considered for a job or position
- Prevail - to exist at a particular time or in a particular situation
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Murky - involving activities that are not clearly known and that people think are dishonest or morally wrong
- Massive - very large or heavy
- Conglomerate - a large business organization formed when several different businesses join together
- Stake - the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it
- Mining - the process of getting coal or metal from under the ground
- Inasmuch as - used for adding a comment that explains or makes clearer what you have just said
- Radical - a radical change or way of doing something is new and very different from the usual way
- Ostensibly - used for saying that although someone pretends to have one reason for something, there is in fact another reason
- Impoverished - an impoverished person or place is very poor
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Reams of - a lot of something
- Enforcement - the process of making sure that something happens, especially that people obey a law or rule
- Forthcoming - happening or coming soon
- Undue - not necessary or reasonable
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Conclave - a meeting between a group of people who discuss something secretly
- Sliding - to gradually be in a worse situation than before
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