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November 26, 2015

English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 26th November 2015

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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated November 26, 2015. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Aamir Khan’s right to speak"

  • Reckoner - a handbook of tables used for easy calculations
  • Intolerance - unwillingness to accept views / beliefs
  • Fleeting - lasting for a very short time
  • Heaped - filled or covered with
  • Gracious - merciful
  • Contrarian - a person who opposes or rejects people's opinion
  • Churlish - difficult to work with or deal with
  • Lampoon - publicly criticize something by using sarcasm (satires)
  • Clamour - a loud and confused noise (people shouting)
  • Short shrift - careless treatment
  • Underpinnings - to serve as a foundation (to give support)
  • Perceive - to come to an ​opinion about something
  • Prompt - encourage to say something
  • Disquiet - a feeling of worry or unease (to make upset)
  • Reinforce - support
  • Apprehensions - worry about the future
  • Subtle - small but ​important
  • Abject - lowering the pride / self-respect of a person
  • Illiberalism - Narrow-mindedness

Topic 2 : "The India Story, in word & deed"

  • Pitching - to set up
  • Oratory skills - public speaking skills
  • Reiteration - to say or do again or repeatedly
  • Militate - influential effect
  • Mammoth - huge
  • Endorsement - the ​act of saying that you ​approve of or ​support something or someone
  • Conservative - traditional / a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
  • Declined - decreased
  • Emerging - coming into existence / beginning
  • Credible - able to be believed
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