English Vocabulary from
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Note : Click on the title to read the Editorial from the HINDU News Paper
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Data theft: on UIDAI exposé"
- Exposé - to fail to protect someone or something from something harmful or dangerous
- Robust - strong and successful
- Undercover - working or done secretly in order to catch criminals, get secret information etc
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Sting operations - a deceptive operation designed to catch a person committing a crime
- Ethical - involving the principles used for deciding what is right and what is wrong
- To begin with - used for introducing the first thing in a list of things you are going to say
- Public interest - the fact that the public has a right to know about something because it affects them
- Breach - to get into a place that is usually guarded, or to discover information that should be kept secret
- Racket - an illegal activity that makes money
- Outweigh - to be more important, useful, or valuable than something else
- Written up - to write a report, article etc using notes that you wrote earlier
- Travesty - a situation, action, or event that shocks you because it is very different from what it should be or because it seems very unfair
- Tribune - a word used in the name of some newspapers
- Accused - the person who is on trial in a law court
- Impersonation - the act of pretending to be someone else in order to trick people
- Shooting the messenger - to blame the person who brings bad news, even though it is not their fault
- Dissuade - to persuade someone not to do something
- Accountable - in a position where people have the right to criticize you or ask you why something happened
- Shortcoming - a fault or problem that makes someone or something less effective
- Culprit - someone who is responsible for doing something bad or illegal
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Belatedly - late or too late
- Hubbub - the noise of a lot of people talking at the same time, especially when they are angry or excited
- Misinformation - false or incorrect information, especially when it is intended to trick someone
- Breach - to break a law, rule, or agreement
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Encrypt - to put information into code (=a system of words, numbers, or symbols that hides its real meaning)
- Biometric - the recording of things such as people’s fingerprints or the appearance of their eye in order to identify them on an electronic system
- Mere - only / just
- Embroider - to make a story more entertaining by adding imaginary details to it
- Obligatory - something that is obligatory must be done in order to obey a law or rule
- Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
- Privacy - the freedom to do things without other people watching you or knowing what you are doing
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Theatre of the absurd: on Donald Trump’s response to 'Fire and Fury'"
- Absurd- completely stupid, unreasonable, or impossible to believe
- Temperament - someone’s temperament is their basic character, for example their tendency to be happy, angry etc
- Shakespearean - written by William Shakespeare, or relating to the plays and poems he wrote
- Farce - a situation or event that is silly because it is very badly organized, unsuccessful, or unfair
- Tell-all - a publication or statement revealing shocking or scandalous information
- Dysfunction - a failure to work well
- Chaos - a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Disseminate - to make something such as information or knowledge available to a lot of people
- Furious - extremely angry
- Impending - an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is one that will happen very soon
- Reportedly - used for showing that you are not certain that something you are reporting is true
- Cease-and-desist - an order from a court stating that someone must stop doing something and never do it again
- Evident - easy to see, notice, or understand
- Allegedly - if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
- Uncharitable - unkind in what you say or think about someone
- Gossip - conversation about unimportant subjects, especially people’s private lives
- Coterie - a small group of people who do things together
- Rigorous - thorough and careful
- Profound - very great
- Consequently - as a result
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Clamour - clamour
- Embattled - experiencing a lot of problems and likely to be defeated or destroyed
- Mind-boggling - very large, unusual, or complicated and not easy to imagine
- Realm - a particular area of knowledge, experience, interest etc
- Knock-on - a knock-on effect is the indirect result of something
- Consequence - a result or effect of something
