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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Mind the perimeter: On J&K terror attacks"
- Perimeter - the outer edge of an area of land or the border around it
- Protocol - a set of rules for the correct way to behave on formal occasions
- Installation - a building or structure, especially one that is important for an army, industry, or government
- Upgrade - to improve the quality or usefulness of something
- Casualty - someone who is injured or killed in an accident or military action
- Garrison - a group of soldiers living in and defending a particular place
- Brigade - a large group of soldiers, larger than a battalion
- Infantry - soldiers who fight on foot, not on horses or in tanks or other vehicles
- Sustain - to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss
- Worrisome - causing you to feel worried
- Aspect - a particular part, feature, or quality of something
- Infiltrate - to secretly join an organization or go into a place in order to find out information about it or damage it
- Lapse - a temporary failure
- Vulnerability - the quality or state of easily damaged by something negative or harmful
- Scant - very little, or not enough
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Aftermath - the effects and results of something bad or important
- Audit - a careful examination of something, especially one done to find the amount, size, or effectiveness of something
- Fortify - to protect a place against attack by building strong walls, towers, or other structures around it
- Substantial - large in amount or degree
- Inquiry - an official examination of a crime, accident, problem etc, in order to get information or the truth
- Overhaul - to repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should
- Impetus - a force that helps something to happen or develop more quickly
- Ad hoc - done only when needed for a specific purpose, without planning or preparation
- Lax - not paying enough attention to rules, or not caring enough about quality or safety
- Terrain - an area of land, usually one that has a particular physical feature
- Proximity - how near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time
- Dwelling - a house, flat, or other shelter in which someone lives
- Adher - to stick to something
- Rely - to depend on or trust someone or something
- Calibre - the level of someone’s ability, intelligence etc, or the standard or quality of something, especially when it is high
- Holistic - thinking about the whole of something, and not just dealing with particular aspects
- Defence - actions that you take to protect someone or something that is being attacked
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Suppressing history: On Poland’s ‘Holocaust’ law"
- Holocaust - a war in which very many ordinary people are killed
- Atrocity - a cruel and violent act, often in a war
- Concentration camp - a place like a prison where ordinary people are kept during a war and where they have to live in very unpleasant conditions
- Contention - disagreement between people or groups
- Scholar - someone who studies a particular subject and knows a lot about it, especially a subject that is not scientific
- Assuage - to make an unpleasant or painful feeling less severe
- Critic - someone who does not like something and states their opinion about it
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Perpetrate - to do something that is harmful, illegal, or dishonest
- Complicity - the fact that someone is involved in or knows about something bad that happens
- Collusion - the secret activities of people who work together to do something dishonest
- Tantamount - to have the same bad qualities or effect as something else
- Falsify - to change something deliberately in order to trick other people
- Rehabilitate - to help someone who has been ill or in prison to return to a healthy, independent, and useful life
- Liable to - likely to suffer from something unpleasant
- Motive - the reason that you do something
- Suppress - to stop an activity, especially by making laws or by using your authority
- Persistent - continuing to do something in a determined way
- Preoccupation - a state in which you think about something so much that you do not think about other things
- Dispensation - official permission to do something that people are not normally allowed to do, especially from a religious authority
- Predictably - in a way that can be expected
- Stoke - to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Reverberation - an effect that spreads over a wide area or lasts for a long time
- Collaborate with - to work with
- Caution - to tell someone about a danger or problem that they need to know about or avoid
- Implication - a possible effect or result
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
- Breach - a failure to follow a law or rule
- Deviation - a difference in the usual or expected way of doing something
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed before
- Ironic - being very different from what you would usually expect:
- Assertion - a definite statement or claim that something is true
- Sovereignty - the right of a country to rule itself
- Ire - anger
- Assent - agreement with or approval of a plan or suggestion
- Toothless - lacking the necessary power or force to be effective
- Roll back - an occasion when the influence of particular laws, rules, etc. is reduced
- Fruits of something - the good results that you get from something such as hard work