English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Caught in the crossfire"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Reign in Spain"
- Crossfire - gunfire from two or more directions passing through the same area.
- Rendered - to cause someone or something to be in a particular state
- Fragile - easy to break or damage
- Destroyed - to damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can never return to its normal state
- Inflicted - to cause something unpleasant to happen
- Casualties - people who re injured or killed in an accident or military action
- Mutilated - to damage someone’s body permanently by cutting it or removing part of it
- Fled - escaped
- Thereafter - after a particular time that has been mentioned
- Atrocity - a cruel and violent act, often in a war
- Escalation - to become much worse or more serious
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Surgical strikes - a military attack, especially by air, that is designed to destroy something specific and to avoid wider damage
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Scale-up - to make something larger in size, amount etc than it used to be
- Peacetime - the time when a country is not involved in a war
- In contrast - used when you are comparing two things or people and saying that the second one is very different from the first
- Brunt - the main force of something unpleasant
- Density - the amount of something in a place
- Resultant - happening as a result of something that has just been mentioned
- Farming - the activity or business of a being a farmer
- Threatens - warns
- Infiltration - the process of secretly becoming part of a group in order to get information or to influence the way that a group thinks or behaves
- Instance - a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that happens generally
- Functionary - a person who has official duties, especially in a government or political party
- Domestic - local
- Underscores - to give particular importance or attention to something
- Initiative - an important action that is intended to solve a problem
- Brutality - extreme violence, especially when it is deliberately cruel
- Reprisal - something unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy or opponent because of something bad that they have done to you
- Reins - control of a company, government, or organization
- To address - to deal with a problem
- Restore - to return to earlier good condition
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Reign in Spain"
- Reign - the period of time when a king or queen rules a country
- Caustically - hurtfully, critically, or intentionally unkind
- Conservative - not usually liking or trusting change, especially sudden change
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed in the past
- Impasse - a situation in which progress is impossible, especially because the people involved cannot agree
- Endured - suffered something difficult, unpleasant, or painful
- Uncertainty - a situation in which something is not known
- Inability - the fact of not being able to do something
- Put together - to produce or organize something using many different things
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Inconclusive - not producing a definite result or complete proof of something
- Prospects - something that you expect to happen in the future
- Fade away - to disappear slowly
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Instinct - a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
- Survival - something that has continued to exist from a previous time
- Absolute - very great, or complete
- Mandate - the authority of an elected government or official to do the things that they promised to do before an election
- Reforms - changes to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair
- Bust - a complete failure / loses so much money that it is forced to close down
- Minority - a smaller number or part
- Alliance - an agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing
- Centrist - having moderate political views or policies
- Gridlock - a situation in which no progress can be made
- Backing - support
- Fiscal deficit - a fiscal deficit occurs when a government's total expenditures exceed the revenue that it generates, excluding money from borrowings
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Trump card - an advantage that makes you more likely to succeed than other people
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Woes - big problems or troubles
- Eat humble pie - to admit that you were wrong about something
- Abstain - to not do something that is likely to cause serious problems
- Candidacy - the fact of being a candidate in an election
- Breathe life into something - to provide something with new ideas, new energy etc, so that it improves and is more likely to be successful again
- Salvage - to try to make a bad situation better
- Pursued - followed something
- Austerity - an economic policy by which a government reduces the amount of money it spends by a large amount
- Dominance - a situation in which one person or thing has more influence or power than any other
- Consolidation - to make the something more stronger
- Distinct - separate and different in a way that is clear
- Reminiscent - similar to something else
- Imbroglio - a difficult, complicated, or embarrassing situation
- Autonomy - a situation in which a state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Fragmentation - the process of breaking into many pieces or separate parts
- Inescapable - impossible to avoid or ignore
- Reconciliation - a new and friendly relationship with someone who you argued with or fought with
- Imperative - extremely important and urgent
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