English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "No extra year for Maithripala Sirisena"
- Keen - wanting to do something
- Ruling - a decision
- In the first place - used for stating the most basic reason for something
- In accordance with - following or obeying a rule, law, wish, etc
- Constitutional - allowed by the constitution of a country or organization
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Harbour - to think about or feel something
- Inexplicable - impossible to explain
- Assertion - a definite statement or claim that something is true
- Voluntarily - of one's own free will
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Dilute - to make something less strong or effective
- Executive - the part of government that makes certain that laws are being used as planned. The other two parts of government
- Unambiguous - clear and with only one possible meaning
- Incumbent - someone who has an official position
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Impediment - something that makes it more difficult for someone to do something or more difficult for something to happen
- Swearing-in - an official ceremony in which someone beginning an important job formally promises to do their duty
- Rationale - the set of reasons that something such as a plan or belief is based on
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Loophole - something that has been left out of a law or legal document that people can use to avoid obeying it
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Backs - supports
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Unveil - to announce something officially that was previously a secret
- Appointee - someone who has been chosen to do a particular job
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
Hindu Editorial Topic2 : "Left behind: on the right to free, compulsory education"
- Leave behind - to deliberately not think about something
- Annual - calculated or considered over a period of one year
- Confine - to keep an activity within particular limits
- Empower - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Enrol - if you enrol at a school or other institution, or if someone enrols you there, you put your name on the official list of its students or members
- Acquire - to get something
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Essential - completely necessary
- Vocational - a vocational course teaches the skills necessary for a particular job
- Demographic - relating to populations
- Far from - used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mention
- To begin with - used for introducing the first thing in a list of things you are going to say
- Insight - a chance to understand something or learn more about it
- Successive - coming or happening one after another in a series
- Miserable - extremely unhappy or uncomfortable
- Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Discrete - separate
- Massive - very large or heavy
- Telephony - the system, technology, or business of telephone communication
- Multiplier effect - the way that a change in input leads to a much bigger change in output
- Productivity - the rate at which goods are produced, especially in relation to the time, money, and workers needed to produce them
- Comprehensive - complete and easily achieved
- Lacuna - an empty space where something is missing
- Remedy - a solution to a particular problem
