English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 14th & 15th January 2018 (Sunday & Pongal)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Problem of plenty: on devising a sound agricultural policy"
- Plenty - a large amount of something, or a large number of things or people
- Devising - to invent a method of doing something
- Sound - complete
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Severe - very serious and worrying
- Fluctuation - frequent changes in the amount, value, or level of something
- Boom and bust - a situation in which an economy or business regularly goes through periods of increased activity and success followed by periods of failure
- Bumper - larger in amount than usual
- Wholesale - relating to the business of selling large quantities of goods, especially to people who are going to sell them in a shop
- Distressed - very unhappy, worried, or upset
- Produce - food or any other substance or material that is grown or obtained through farming
- Rot - to decay by a gradual natural process, or to make something decay in this way
- Curiously - in an unusual and interesting way
- Scarce - if something is scarce, there is not very much of it
- Steep - sudden and very big
- Cobweb phenomenon - in economics, fluctuations occurring in markets in which the quantity supplied by producers depends on prices in previous production periods
- Glut - a supply of something that is much greater than can be sold or is needed or wanted
- Populism - politics that represents the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Waiver - an agreement that you do not have to pay or obey something
- In the long run - not immediately but at some time in the future
- Fluctuation - frequent changes in the amount, value, or level of something
- Over-regulate - to make too many laws and rules that control an activity, especially a type of business or industry
- Robust - strong and successful
- Forward-looking - looking at the future in a positive way and happy to try new ideas and methods
- Fend for yourself - to look after yourself without help from anyone else
- Cartel - a group of people or companies who all agree to sell something at the same price so that they can all make profits without competing with one another
- Ad hoc - done only when needed for a specific purpose, without planning or preparation
- Firefighting - the activity of trying to solve a serious problem that suddenly happens by reacting quickly and effectively
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "After the Spring: the seventh anniversary of the Jasmine Revolution"
- Spring - the season of the year between winter and summer
- Reclaim - to get something back that someone has taken from you
- Austerity - an economic policy by which a government reduces the amount of money it spends by a large amount
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Commemoration - something intended to honour and remember an important person or event
- Clamour - to make a loud complaint or demand
- Consolidation - the action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole
- Fragile - easy to break or damage
- Set off - to cause a situation or a series of events to happen
- Activist - someone who takes part in activities that are intended to achieve political or social change, especially someone who is a member of an organization
- Detain - to keep someone in a police station or prison and not allow them to leave
- Unrest - angry or violent behaviour by people who are protesting against something
- Stringent - stringent rules or conditions are strict and make you achieve high standards
- Precondition - something that must happen or be done before something else can happen
- Subsidy - an amount of money that the government or another organization pays to help to reduce the cost of a product or service
- Fiscal deficit - a fiscal deficit occurs when a government's total expenditures exceed the revenue that it generates
- Fuelling - to make something increase or become worse, especially something unpleasant
- Persist - to continue to exist
- Disparity - a difference between things
- Quell - to cause a violent situation to end
- Turmoil - a state of excitement or uncontrolled activity
- Understandably - as is reasonable or expected
- Uprising - a political situation in which a large group of people opposes and tries to defeat the government or a ruler
- Authoritarian - controlling everything and forcing people to obey strict rules and laws
- Backlash - a strong, negative, and often angry reaction to something that has happened, especially a political or social change
- Hail - to say publicly how good or important someone or something is
- Confining - to prevent something dangerous from spreading
- Per se - considered by itself
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Demonstrable - clear or obvious
- Democratic - based on the principle that all people are equal and should be able to share in making decisions
- Discontentment - a feeling of wanting better treatment or an improved situation
- Apprehensive - slightly worried or nervous
- Immunity - a situation in which someone is not affected by something such as a law because they have a special job or position
- Amnesty - a situation in which a government agrees not to punish, or to no longer punish, people who have committed a particular crime
- Allegedly - if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
- Oust - to remove someone from a position of power, especially in order to take that position
- Dictator - someone who uses force to take and keep power in a country
- Parliamentarian - a member of a parliament
- Macroeconomic - relating to the economic system of a whole country or large region
- Confronting - to deal with a difficult situation
- Recipe - something which is likely to lead to a particular outcome
- Chaos - a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess
- Uncertainty - a nervous feeling that you have because you think bad things might happen
- Migrant - someone who travels to another place or country in order to find work
- Outflow - a movement of large numbers of people from one place to another
