English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 17th July 2016
Topic 1 : "Lessons from Arunachal Pradesh"
Topic 2 : "Turmoil in Turkey"
- Albeit - although
- Semblance - resemblance / similarity
- Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
- Retained - continue to have (something); keep possession of
- Backing - supporting
- Evident - clearly seen or understood
- Credit - praise, approval, or honour
- Primarily - mainly
- Reinstating - to give someone back their previous job or position
- Regime - government
- Propriety - correct moral behaviour or actions
- Commanded - control over someone or something
- Majority - in an election, the difference in the number of votes between the winning person or group and the one that comes second
- Legislature - the legislative body of a country or state
- Tale - story
- Disqualified - declare (someone) ineligible for something (especially for a competition)
- Game-plan - a plan for achieving success
- Rebel - a person who is opposed to the political system in their country and tries to change it using force
- Faction - a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group
- Merged - to combine or join together
- Strategy - a detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business etc
- Defection - the act of leaving a country, political party, etc. to go to another one
- Verdict - judgement
- Floor test - a test to prove some type of majority (usually by head-count) on the floor of the House that is the Parliament for a crucial decision regarding the country
- Impending - used to refer to an event, usually something unpleasant or unwanted, that is going to happen soon
- Embarrassment - a feeling of shame or uncomfortableness
- Goaded - to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them
- Lethargy - the feeling of having little energy or of being unable or unwilling to do anything
- Salvaged - to try to make a bad situation better
- Dissident - a person who opposes official poli
- Grievances - a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly
- Intervened - to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse
- Arrogating - to take something without having the right to do so
- Convened - to bring together a group of people for a meeting, or to meet for a meeting
- Unfolding - (of events or information) slowly develop or be revealed
- Crisis - a time of great difficulty or danger
- Cynical - used to say that someone's feelings or emotions are used to your own advantage
- Opportunism - behaviour in which you use every situation to try to get power or an advantage
- Backing - supporting
- Overreach - o fail by trying to achieve, spend, or do more than you can manage
- Reemphasised - to say again that something is very important
- Abundance - a very large quantity of something
- For instance - for example
- Propriety - correct moral behaviour or actions
Topic 2 : "Turmoil in Turkey"
- Turmoil - a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty
- Autonomous - having the freedom to act independently
- Toppled - to (cause to) lose balance and fall down
- Elite - the richest, most powerful group in a society
- Stable - strong / fixed
- Coup - a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government
- Unfolded - if a situation or story unfolds, it develops or becomes clear to other people
- Foresee - to know about something before it happens
- Instability - uncertainty caused by the possibility of a sudden change in the present situation
- Exposes - to show something
- Regime - a particular government or a system or method of government
- Revolt - if a large number of people revolt, they refuse to be controlled or ruled, and take action against authority, often violent action
- Uprising - an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are in power
- Troops - soldiers on duty in a large group
- Coherence - the quality of being logical
- Weakening - make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength
- Disastrous - causing great damage
- Contradiction - the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must be wrong
- Coup-plotters - people who makes a secret plan to attack the government
- Brutal - cruel, violent, and completely without feelings
- Crackdown - a situation in which someone starts to deal with bad or illegal behaviour in a more serious way
- Thriving - very successful
- Mobilising - to organize or prepare something, such as a group of people, for a purpose
- Thronged - a crowd or large group of people
- Fiercest - physically violent and frightening
- Critics - someone who says that they do not approve of someone or something
- Denounced - to criticize something or someone strongly and publicly
- Fissure - a state of disagreement
- Impact - a marked effect or influence
- Dictatorial - of or typical of a ruler with total power
- Revolt - take violent action against an established government or ruler
- Pretext - a dummy reason for doing something that is used to hide the real reason
- Purge - to get rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them
- Executive - relating to or having the power to put plans or actions into effect
- Presidency - the job of being president, or the period when someone is a president
- Democracy - a political system in which citizens can elect people to represent them
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