English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "All gore: jallikattu in Tamil Nadu"
- Gore - blood from an injured person that is thick because it is partly dried
- 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
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Inherently - in a permanent, essential, or characteristic way
- Taming - to bring something under control
- Spectator - someone who watches a public activity or event, especially a sports event
- Onlooker - someone who watches something happen but does not take part in it
- Barricade - a temporary structure that is built across a road, gate, or door to prevent people from getting through
- Arena - a large area that is surrounded by seats, used for sports or entertainment
- Inadequate - not enough, or not good enough for a particular purpose
- Unleash - to allow someone or something to be free when they were previously strictly controlled
- Earmark - to keep or intend something for a particular purpose
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Injury - physical damage done to a person or a part of their body
- Induct - to officially accept someone into a group
- Disorderly - behaving in a noisy or violent way
- Spectacle - an exciting and impressive public event or performance
- Mockery - something that makes a system, organization etc seem stupid or useless
- Lay out - to arrange something according to a detailed plan
- Forefront - a leading or important position
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Stance - an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
- Office-bearer - a person who holds a position of authority and responsibility in a government or other organization
- Convener - someone who organizes the meetings of a committee
- Amiss - wrong, not suitable, or not as expected
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Revival - the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again
- Wary - careful or nervous about someone or something because you think they might cause a problem
- Condemning - to say publicly that you think someone or something is bad or wrong
- Enthusiast - a person who is very interested in and involved with a particular subject or activity
- Heed - to pay attention to something
- Miscreant - someone who does something wrong or commits a crime
- Next to - used before negative words to mean ‘almost but not completely’
- Wreak - to cause very great harm or damage
- Rampage - to behave in an uncontrolled way, especially when this involves damaging or destroying property over a wide area
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Face the inevitable: the spike in bond yields"
- Inevitable - impossible to avoid or prevent
- Staggering - very shocking and surprising
- Spurt - a sudden increase in something
- Treasury - the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters
- Sovereign - an old unit of money in the form of a gold coin worth one pound
- Breach - to break a law, rule, or agreement
- Deficit - the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes
- Yield - to make a profit
- Benchmark - an amount, level, standard etc that you can use for judging how good or bad other things are
- Steep - sudden and very big
- Mature - to become ready to be paid
- Leeway - the amount of freedom that someone has to make their own decisions or to take action
- Non-performing assets - non performing asset (NPA) is a loan or advance for which the principal or interest payment remained overdue for a period of 90 days
- Clogging - to slow down progress or an activity
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Captive - (of a facility or service) controlled by, and typically for the sole use of, an organization
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Proportion - a quantity of something that is a part or share of the whole
- Offtake - the taking off or purchase of goods
- Forbearance - the ability to be polite, calm, and patient in difficult situations
- Traction - the fact of an idea, product, etc. becoming popular or being accepted
- Remark - a few words that give the facts or your opinion about someone or something
- Chicanery - the use of clever, unfair, or dishonest methods to trick people, especially in legal matters
- Rosy - likely to be successful or happy
- Accuracy - the quality of being accurate
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
- Feign - to pretend to have a particular feeling
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Thanks to - used for saying that someone or something is responsible for something good that happened
- Mindset - a way of thinking about things
- Accountable - in a position where people have the right to criticize you or ask you why something happened
