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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The Samajwadi meltdown"
- Meltdown - a sudden and complete failure of a company, organization, or system
- Peacemaking - to stop people from arguing or fighting
- Intent - giving all your attention to something
- Patriarch - the oldest man in a family or organization, who is respected because of this
- Summons - an order to do something
- Warring - arguing or fighting with each other
- Gathering - a group of people meeting together
- Lapsed - no longer involved in an activity or organization
- Tawdry - cheap and of bad quality
- Spectacle - an unusual or unexpected event or situation
- Blame-calling - the act of saying insulting things about someone
- Weepy - if you feel weepy, you want to cry
- Confessional - an acknowledgement that one has done something shameful or embarrassing
- Airing - an occasion when people discuss a subject or idea
- Grievances - complaints about being treated in an unfair way
- Petulantly - easily annoyed and complaining in a rude way like a child
- Faithful - continuing to support someone or be their friend, even in a difficult situation
- Hurtling - to move very quickly, especially in an uncontrolled way
- Inexorably - impossible to stop
- Split - to divide into smaller groups
- Blaze - a large fire that causes a lot of damage
- Sackings - an act of forcing someone to leave their job
- Accusations - a statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
- Restoration - the act or process of returning something to its earlier good condition or position
- Dramatis personae - all the characters in a play
- Feud - an angry disagreement between two people or groups that continues for a long time
- Foreclosed - to prevent something
- Resolution - a formal proposal that is considered by an organization and is usually voted on at a meeting
- Polarise - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other
- In the shadow of - in the influence of someone or something powerful or famous
- Stalwarts - supporters
- Instinct - a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
- Overbearing - an overbearing person always tries to control other people’s behaviour and ignores their opinions and feelings
- Alibi - proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it
- Continuance - the process of continuing
- Resistance - the act of refusing to accept something
- Patronage - the support given to an organization by someone
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Aspirational - wanting to be successful
- All but - almost
- Determine - to control what something will be
- Ironic - the opposite of what you would expect
- Pragmatic - solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than following fixed theories, ideas, or rules
- Left no bridge unbuilt - tried all possible ways to joine something
- Presiding - to be in charge of an official meeting, ceremony, or other event
- Grab - to take hold of something in a rough or rude way
- Legacy - something that is a part of your history or that remains from an earlier time
- Guarantor - a person who makes sure that something happens or that something is protected
- Agrarian - relating to or involving farming or farmers
- Fellow-traveller - someone who supports a political party, but is not a member of it
- Feud - an angry disagreement between two people or groups that continues for a long time
- Constructive - intended to be useful or helpful
- Take stock of something - to spend some time thinking about the situation that you are in before you decide what to do next
- Loyalty - support that you always give to someone or something because of your feelings of duty and love towards them
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Dealing with the Maoists"
- Outlawed group - a group of people who has broken the law and who lives separately from the other parts of society because they want to escape legal punishment
- Deploy - if a government or army deploys soldiers or weapons, it uses them
- Counter - an action that you take in order to oppose or stop something or reduce its negative effect
- Insurgency - an attempt by a group of people to take control of their country by force
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Greyhound - a special commando force of Andhra Pradesh
- Setback - something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing
- Diminished - reduced in amount, size, or importance
- Desertion - the act of leaving the armed forces without permission
- On the back foot - in a worse situation than other people or groups
- Cadre - a small group of people within a larger organization such as a political party or an army
- Plenary - a meeting at which all the members of a group or organization are present, especially at a conference
- Examine - to look at something carefully in order to discover something about it
- Morass - a complicated and confusing situation that is difficult to deal with
- Remote - far away from other cities, towns, or people
- Compel - to force someone to do something
- Disavow - to say strongly that you have no connection with someone or something or no responsibility for them
- Insurgent - someone who belongs to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force
- Mainstream - considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people
- Pursue - to try to achieve something
- Avowed - publicly claimed or promised
- Ambition - something that you very much want to do
- Guarding - protecting
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Buoyed - encouraged
- Unification - the forming of a single group by bringing together separate groups
- Outfit - an organization, especially a small one
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Subordinate - to put someone or something into a less important position
- Militarism - the belief that a country needs strong armed forces if it wants to have political power or influence
- Empowerment - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Attrition - the process of making an enemy physically and mentally weaker by continuously attacking them
- Faltered - to stop being effective or making progress
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Strategy - a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time
- Unevenly - not the same in size or length
- Repression - the use of force or violence to control people
- Shortcoming - a fault or problem that makes someone or something less effective
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