English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 1st October 2016

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Hai  Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 1st October 2016. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials. 

Topic 1 : "Taking the road less dusty"

• Dusty - covered with dust (dry soil or sand)
• Likelihood - the chance that something will happen
• Annually - once every year
  
• Particulate - an extremely small piece of dirt, especially one produced by road vehicles, that causes pollution
• Modelled - to produce a simple technical description to show how something such as a process, system, or theory works
• Estimate - to guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something
• Conclusion - the final part of something
• Attributed to something -  to believe that something is the result of a particular situation
• Caveate - a warning to consider something before taking any more action
• Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
• Urban - relating to towns and cities
• Penetrate - to get inside an object or body
• Lodged - to (cause to) become stuck in a place or position
• Impact - an effect / an influence
• Ischaemic - related to a medical problem in which there is not enough blood flowing to a part of the body
• Acute - if a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage
• Respiratory - relating to the process of breathing air in and out
• Pulmonary - relating to your lungs
• Pollutant - a substance that is harmful to the environment
• Biomass -  dead plant and animal material suitable for using as fuel
• Debris - the broken pieces that are left when something large has been destroyed
• Vehicular - relating to vehicles
• Exhaust - the waste gas from an engine, especially a car's, or the pipe the gas flows through
• Toll - the total amount of harm or damage
• Intensified - more serious
• Virtual - almost a particular thing or quality
• Discarding - to get rid of something that you no longer want or need
• Demolition - the act of destroying something, such as a building or other structure
• Landscaping - to make a piece of land more attractive by adding plants, paths, or other features
• Paving - to cover the ground with a hard surface, especially with bricks or blocks of stone etc
• Lacuna - an unfilled space; a gap.
• To address - to deal with a problem

Topic 2 : "The return of Hekmatyar"

• Warlord - a military leader
• Speaks volumes - provides a lot of information, especially in an indirect way
• Lgitimate  - allowed by law
• Butcher - someone who has killed a lot of people, in a cruel and violent way
• Charge - an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime
• Fell out with somebody - to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them
• Patron - a person or group that supports an activity or organization, especially by giving money
• Coalition - the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time
• Invasion - an occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of another country
• Militia - a military force whose members are trained soldiers but who often have other jobs
• Dwindled - to become smaller in size or amount
• Sizeable - large
• Irritate - to make someone angry or annoyed
• Negotiate -  to try to reach an agreement by discussing something in a formal way
• Plausible - likely to be true
• Desperate - very worried and angry because you do not know how to deal with an unpleasant situation
• Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
• Ousted - to remove someone from a position of power, especially in order to take that position
• Shun - to avoid something
• Factions -  small groups within a larger group, consisting of people with different opinions from the rest
• Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
• Gambit - something that you say or do in an attempt to gain an advantage
• Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
• Impact - an effect, or an influence
• Counterproductive - having the opposite result to the one you wanted
• Legitimacy - the quality of being legal
• Grappling - to fight with someone
• Infighting - competition between people within a group, especially to improve their own position or to get agreement for their ideas
• Incompetence - lack of ability to do something successfully or as it should be done
• Massive - very large in size, amount, or number

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