English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 30th October 2016 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Get serious about fighting TB"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The rise and rise of Xi Jinping"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Get serious about fighting TB"
- Owing to - because of
- Lack of something - the fact that something is not available or that there is not enough of it
- Tuberculosis - a serious infectious disease affecting your lungs
- Galvanise - to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way
- Incidence - an event, or the rate at which something happens
- Consistently - not changing in behaviour, attitudes, or qualities
- Historical - connected with history or with the past
- Uptick - a small increase
- Ironically - in a way that is different or opposite from the result you would expect
- Interim - temporary
- Prevalence - existing very commonly or happening often
- Underestimation - to think that someone has less power or ability than they really have
- Mandatory - something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded by law
- Fallen off the radar - forgotten or ignored
- Diagnosed - identify the nature of (an illness or other problem) by examination of the symptoms
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Aggravated - to make a bad situation worse
- Expensive - costing a lot of money
- Resistant - not harmed or affected by something
- Behind schedule - later than planned or expected
- Scaling up - to make something larger in size, amount etc than it used to be
- Paediatric - relating to the medical care of children
- Sustained - continuing for a long time
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The rise and rise of Xi Jinping"
- Rise and rise of - keep on rising and never declining
- Cemented - to make something stronger
- Authority - the ability to control
- Oversee - to watch or organize a job or an activity to make sure that it is being done correctly
- On a par with - equal in importance or quality to
- Concentration - the process of giving all your attention to something
- Contrast - a noticeable difference between people or things
- Dictum - a short statement, especially one expressing advice or a general truth
- Propagated - to spread opinions, lies, or beliefs among a lot of people
- Regime - government
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Gradually - slowly and in small stages or amounts
- Emerged - to come out of something or out from behind something
- Influential - able to influence the way other people think or behave
- Massive - very large or heavy
- Felled - to knock someone down
- Reform - to make an improvement, especially by changing a person's behaviour or the structure of something
- Initiate - to cause something to begin
- Spawned - to cause something new, or many new things, to grow or start suddenly
- Institutionalised - happening often or considered normal within an organization or within society. This word describes things that are bad or harmful
- Stoking - to make a feeling stronger
- Against the backdrop of something - the conditions within which something happens
- Despite - without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by
- Criticism - the act of saying that something or someone is bad
- Campaign - a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
- Amass - to get a large amount of something, especially money or information, by collecting it over a long period
- Plenum - a meeting for all members of a particular group
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Kicks off - to begin, or to begin something
- Shake up - a large change in the way something is organized
- Politburo - the main government group in a Communist country, which makes all the important decisions
- Sanctum - a private place or room where someone is never interrupted
- Outcome - a result or effect of an action, situation, etc
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Regarded - considered
- Prosperous - to be or become successful, especially financially
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed in the past
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Inequities - the fact that a situation is not fair, or something that is not fair in a situation
- Rebalance - to change the amount or level of one or more things in order to improve a particular situation
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