English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were No Editorials in The Hindu on 27th November 2015
Topic 1 : "New energy in old friendship"
- Acquaintance - someone you know a little about, but they’re not your best friend or anything
- Chalking out - make a sketch of (to explain something carefully to someone)
- Avenue - approach to doing something
- Consistent - always behaving in the same way
- Contrast - to show a difference (opposition)
- Maritime - related to sea
- Firm up (something) - fix up (to fix something)
- Abandon - to leave something
- Neutral - having no personal preference
- Overturn - to change something (here impression)
- Outlook - point of view (a person's way of understanding and thinking about something)
- Acquisition - the ?process of getting something
- Significant - important or ?noticeable
- Despite - without being affected by
- Foster - encourage the development of something
- Immense - extremely large / great
- Languish - to become weak
- Bolster - support or strengthen
Topic 2 : "Opposition for opposition’s sake"
- Stopover - a break in a journey
- Exude - to show something (feeling / emotion etc) very clearly or strongly
- Bonhomie - Friendliness
- Agenda - a list of items to be discussed at a formal meeting
- Rue - regret (to feel sorry for something)
- Combative - ready or eager to fight or argue
- Constricted - to become tighter and narrower
- Vis-à-vis - in comparison with
- Undermine - lessen the effectiveness
- U-turns - a change of plan
- Virtue - the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- Consequence - a result or effect
- Impulsive - doing things suddenly without any planning and without considering the effects they may have
- Ensue - to follow as a result
- Overtures - a communication made to someone in order to offer something
- Frivolous - not having any serious purpose or value
- Bear fruit - to produce successful results
- Betrays - to not be loyal to someone (do not do what they promised)
- Cautionary - warning
- Instinct - inborn behavior (something you don't need to learn)
- Absolute - perfect / complete
- Extreme - very large in amount or degree
- Obvious - easy to see / understand
- Spectacularly - in a very beautiful way that people admire
- Sell-out - one who betrays a cause for personal advancement
- Apolitical - not interested or involved in politics
- Introspect - to look inside (your own thoughts / behaviour etc)
- Petty - of little or no importance
- Bipartisan - supported by both sides (parties)
- Consensus - a general agreement (everyone agrees on something)
- Elusive - difficult to find / catch / achieve
- Populist - political ideas and activities that are intended to get the support of ordinary people by giving them what they want
- Grandstanding - behaviour that is intended to get public attention and approval
- Threaten - to tell someone that you will hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want
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