English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 5th 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 5th 2015. Happy Reading :)

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Topic 1 : "Funding holds the key at Paris"

1. Trajectory - Series of action that it follows over time.
2. Significant - Considerable / Important.
3. Voluntary - Done by one's own interest.
4. Pledges - Serious promises.
5. Intended - Purposed.
6. Intensity - High concentration.
7. Coalition - Group of people from different political or social groups who are cooperating to achieve a particular aim.
8. Convention - Official Agreement between two or more countries.
9. Contentious - Characterised by argument.
10. Inevitably - Unable to be avoided.
11. Colossal - Extraordinarily large in size.
12. Deluge - A great flood of water.
13. Ratchet up - Increased by fixed amount and seems unlikely to decrease again.
14. Tremendously - Great in size.
15. Stakes - Risks.
    
16. Bloc - Group of nations that share common interests.
17. Pursuing - Follow in order to overtake or capture.
18. Negotiations - Mutual discussion.
19. Dichotomy - Contradictory groups / Great difference.
20. Vulnerable - Weak and without protection / Open to moral attack.
21. Liberal - Giving in large quantities.
22. Contend with - Deal with.
23. Plaudits - Enthusiastic expression of approval.
24. Enshrine - Protection.
25. Provisions - Providing or Supplying.
26. Staggering - (Here) Surprisingly added.
27. Diplomacy - Skill in managing Negotiations.

Topic 2 : "Fighting IS with air strikes alone"

1. Fray - Fight / War.
2. Persistent - Constantly repeated.
3. Despite - Despite is used to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising.
4. Campaign - Series of planned movements carried out by armed forces.
5. Strategy - General plan designed to achieve something.
6. Exposed - Revealed.
7. Fault lines - Weak process which causes problems and failures.
8. Divergent - Different.
9. Backers - Person who supports a cause.
10. Regime - Government in power.
11. Allies - Another country that has an agreement to support it.
12. Rebels - People who are fighting against their own country's army.
13. Fled - Escaped.
14. Allegations - Its a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.
15. Complicit - Involved in illegal act.
16. Irrational - Without natural reason.
17. Supplementary - Things that are added to something in order to improve it. 

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