English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 13th November 2016 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The big deal with Japan"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Punjab’s politics of defiance"
- Big deal - something that is very important
- Froze - to pause / stop something
- Sanction - an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law
- Thaw - to become more friendly
- Strategic - carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal, especially in war, business, or politics
- Dialogue - formal talks between opposing countries, political groups, etc
- Fruition - an occasion when a plan or an idea begins to happen, exist, or be successful
- Renewable energy - energy, that can be produced as quickly as it is used
- Cutting-edge - the most modern stage of development in a particular type of work or activity
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Negotiating - to have formal discussions with someone in order to reach an agreement with them
- Signatory - a person or organization that has signed an official agreement
- Proliferation - a sudden increase in number or amount
- Treaty - a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders
- Exemplary - very good and suitable to be copied by other people
- Prudence - the state of being careful in the way you make decisions or spend money so that you avoid unnecessary risks
- Strives - to try very hard to do something or to make something happen
- Meagre - very small or not enough
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Rosy - if a situation is described as rosy, it gives hope of success or happiness
- Prognosis - a statement about what is likely to happen in a particular situation
- Criticism - the act of saying that something or someone is bad
- Extract - to remove or take out something
- Assurances - promises
- The clock is ticking - used for saying that someone must do something quickly because there will soon be no more time left
- Coincide - to happen at or near the same time
- Plenary - a plenary meeting is one at which all the members of a group or organization are present
- Wary - careful or nervous about someone or something because you think they might cause a problem
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Ties - relations
- Rivals - people / organization who compete with another
- President-elect - someone who has been elected president but has not officially started the position yet
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Punjab’s politics of defiance"
- Defiance - behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something
- Termination - the end of an agreement, job, or situation
- Predictably - happening in a way that you would expect
- Defiant - refusing to obey a person or rule
- Deny - to refuse
- Neighbouring - near each other
- Determined - not willing to let anything prevent you from doing what you have decided to do
- Protest - a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, or opposition
- Absurd - stupid and unreasonable
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Emotive - causing strong feelings
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Strategist - someone who develops and carries out a plan, especially a business, military, or political plan
- At odds - disagreeing with someone
- Upped the ante - if you up the ante, you increase your demands or the risks in a situation in order to achieve a better result
- Shepherd - guide or direct in a particular direction
- Refrained - to avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something
- Uproot - to pull a plant / tree including its roots out of the ground
- Advisory - for the purpose of giving advice
- Presumably - used for saying that you think something is true based on what you know, although you are not really certain
- All-or-nothing - involving either the whole of something or none of it
- Scrambled - mixed
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Versus - used to say that one team or person is competing against another
- Implication - an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying it directly
- One-off - something that happens or is made or done only once
- Fossilised - old-fashioned and never changing
- Vengeful - expressing a strong wish to punish someone who has harmed you or your family or friends
- Eschewed - to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up
- Grassroots - the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party
- Agrarian - relating to the land, especially the use of land for farming
- Distress - a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain
- Discrimination - treating a person or particular group of people differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, because of their skin colour, sex, caste etc
- Undermine - to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker
- Rallied - improved
- Irresponsibly - not thinking enough or not worrying about the possible results of what you do
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