English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were No Editorials in The Hindu on 28th February 2016.
Topic 1 : "Reworking the Supreme Court’s role"
- Routine - a usual or fixed way of doing things
- Willingness - readiness (being prepared to do something)
- Grapple - to fight (especially in order to win something)
- Apex - the top or highest organization
- Burdened - something difficult or unpleasant that you have to deal with
- Examining - to look at or consider a person or thing carefully and in detail in order to discover something about them
- Devote its time - to give all of its time
- Underlying - used to describe something on which something else is based
- Accumulating - gather together or acquire
- Backlog - a large number of things that you should have done before and must do now
- Interpretation - the action of explaining the meaning of something
- Concern - to become involved with something
- Oft-cited - often refer to
- Litigant - a person involved in a lawsuit
- Put forward - to state an idea or opinion, or to suggest a plan
- Adjudication - a formal judgement on a case
- Amendment - a change to a law that is not yet in operation and is still being discussed
- Impermissible - not permitted or allowed
- Disfavour - disapproval or dislike.
- Last resort - a final action, used only when all else has failed
- Inferior - lower in rank
- Virtually - almost
- Undermine - to make something less powerful / effective
Topic 2 : "For a green economy that is also just"
- Intense - extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very strong
- Scrutiny - careful examination, inspection
- Aggressive - determined to win or succeed and using forceful action to win or to achieve success
- Intent - giving all your attention to something
- Envision - to imagine or expect that something is a likely or desirable possibility in the future
- Domestic - existing or occurring inside a particular country
- Inconsistent - not staying the same in behaviour or quality (Changing)
- Accord - (a formal) agreement
- Facilitate - to make something possible or easier
- Sustainable - able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
- Subsidised - to pay part of the cost of something
- Commercial - making or intended to make a profit
- Midst - in the middle of an event, situation, or activity
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Hailing - to call someone in order to attract their attention
- Potential - ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- Ambitious - having a strong wish to be successful, powerful
- Compelled - force to do something
- Appellate - involving an attempt to get a legal decision changed
- Wider - including number of people (great)
- Debate - serious discussion of a subject in which many people take part
- Initiative - a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem
- Relevance - connected with what is happening or being discussed
- Implications - the effect that an action or decision will have on something else in the future
- Prism - a transparent glass or plastic object that separates white light that passes through it into different colours
- Imprudent - unwise
- Conceive - to imagine something
- Framework - a system of rules, ideas, or beliefs that is used to plan or decide something
- Endeavour - try hard to do or achieve something
- Exclusive - limited to only one person or group of people
- Tandem - having two things arranged one in front of the other
- Provision - the act of providing something
- Onus - the responsibility or duty to do something
- Realise - to understand a situation, sometimes suddenly
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