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December 27, 2015

English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 23rd December 2015

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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated December 23rd 2015. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Spain’s vote against the status quo"

  • Transition - the process of changing from one state or condition to another
  • Prosperous - bringing wealth and success
  • Sway - a rhythmical movement from side to side
  • Crisis - a difficult or dangerous time
  • Hit (something) hard - if a situation hits you hard, it makes you so upset that you have difficulty dealing with it
  • Conservative - favoring traditional views and values (opposing change)
  • Rupture - a break in friendly relations
  • Status quo - the existing state or condition
  • Erosion - the process destruction
  • Emerging - newly created / recently growing
  • Austerity - a difficult economic situation caused by a government reducing the amount of money it spends
  • Resonate - to create resound
  • Taking a toll - to have a bad effect on something
  • Rival - a person competing with another for the same objective
  • Discredit - to damage the reputation of (someone)
  • Rhetoric - related to Goals
  • Agenda - list of things to do
  • Chaotic - in a state of complete confusion
  • Coalition - a group of people who join together for a common cause
  • Divergent - different
  • Unlikely  - not going to happen
  • Scenario - a ​description of ​possible ​actions or ​events in the ​future
  • Churn - shaking (in a confused state)

Topic 2 : "Ominous signals from Ayodhya"

  • Evident - clearly seen or understood
  • Communal - related to the members of a group or community
  • Frenzy - uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour
  • Bigotry - unable to accept other ideas, races, or religions
  • Strident - presenting a controversial point in very forceful way
  • Foregone - having gone before (previous / past)
  • Offload - to unload
  • Provocative - causing anger
  • Divisive - intended to make people angry with each other
  • Ritual -  a ceremony or action performed in a religious way
  • Evoked - to give rise to
  • Ominous -  suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future
  • Pulled down - ​completely ​destroy a ​building (​especially in ​order to use the ​land for something ​else)
  • Dispute - disagreement / argument
  • Status quo ante - the existing state or condition
  • Verdict - decision made by the court
  • Whip up - to prepare
  • Rumour-monger - a person who spreads rumours
  • Disrupt - destroy the structure of something (here Peace)
  • Circumspect - unwilling to take risks
  • Defy - refuse to obey
  • Accrue - to increase slowly as time passes
  • Borne - to suffer
  • Harness - control and make use of
  • Unleashes - releases
  • Adjudicate - make a formal judgement on a disputed matter
  • Stir - to ​cause ​trouble ​intentionally between other ​people (especially by ​telling ​false or ​secret ​information)
Note : The Vocabulary of 24th, 25th and 26th will be available soon

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