English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were No Editorials in The Hindu on 21st February 2016.
Topic 1 : "Delivering on Make in India"
Topic 2 : "Unreasonable demands"
- Face up to something - to accept that a difficult situation exists
- Red tape - official rules and processes that seem unnecessary and delay results
- Unviable - not capable of working successfully
- Posing - causing
- Threat - something likely to cause damage or danger
- Heeded - pay attention to
- Concern - worry
- Impact - powerful effect
- Intervention - to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it
- Steer - to control
- Roadblocks - something that stops progress
- Ascertain - make sure of something
- Billowing - spreading over a large area
- Hub - central point
- Reforms - make changes in something in order to improve it
- Delegate - a person authorized to represent others, sent to a conference
- Glitzy - fashionable and attractive
- Emerge - to become known
- Deregulation - reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry
- Demography - the study of changes in a particular area during a period of time
- Retrospective - dealing with past events or situations.
- Spooked - frightened
- Pertinent - relevant
- Sustained - continuing for an extended period or without interruption
- Intent - intention or purpose
- Yardstick - a standard by which you can judge the success or value of something
- Stalled - stopped
- Rolling out - to make a new product available for the first time
Topic 2 : "Unreasonable demands"
- Unreasonable - not fair or acceptable
- Recurrence - to happen many times or to happen again
- Protests - an action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
- Well-off - wealthy / rich
- Perplexing - confusing
- Prosperous - very rich
- Regarded - consider or think of in a specified way
- Might - power / strength
- Evident - clearly seen or understood
- Wield - to have a lot of influence or power over other people
- Dominant - having power and influence over others
- Overruled - rejected
- Alliance - a union or association formed for mutual benefit
- Reiterate - to say something again and again
- Quash - to forcefully stop something that you do not want to happen
- Bipartisan - involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies
- Consensus - a general agreement
- Emboldened - give someone the courage or confidence to do something
- Protesters - people who shows that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Consequence - result
- Uplift - improvement
- Underprivileged - people without the money, education, opportunities, etc. that the average person has (poor people)
- Strata - stages
- Hierarchy - a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance
- Standing - position / status
- Persisting - continue to exist
- Sluggishness - moving or operating more slowly than usual and with less energy or power
- Agrarian economy - the economy makes its money from farming rather than industry
- Fuelled - increased / maked it stronger
- Diverse - very different
- Do away with something - to get rid of something
- Agitations - a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
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