English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 27th November 2016 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Demonetisation and its discontents"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Cuba after Fidel"
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Discontent - the unhappy feeling that you have when you are not satisfied with something
- Foes - enemies
- Firmament - the most famous or important people in an area of activity
- Allies - supporters
- Heaping - large
- Embarking - to begin (a course of action)
- Join hands - to get involved in an activity
- Arch-rival - the main person, company etc that you compete with in sport, business etc
- High-denomination - high value (especially money)
- Trigger - to make something happen
- Realignment - to change the position of something
- Mundane - very ordinary and therefore not interesting
- Cynical - believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere
- Building bridges - to improve relationships between people who are very different or do not like each other
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Assiduously - very carefully
- Cultivated - developed
- Took a beating - to be damaged because of performing badly or being criticized
- Pact - a formal agreement between two people or groups of people
- Rule something out - to prevent something from happening
- Merit - an advantage
- Juncture - a stage in a process or activity
- Prompted - encouraged
- Realignment - to change the way in which something such as a system or institution is organized
- On the ground - among the general public
- Distance yourself from something - to become or seem less involved or connected with something
- Alliance - an agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing
- Inconceivable - impossible to imagine or think of
- Unpredictably - changing often, in a way that is impossible to prepare for
- Weed out something - to get rid of unwanted things or people from a group
- Counterfeit - to make an illegal copy of a bank note, product, ticket etc
- Shuttered - closed (not operating)
- Pin somebody down - to force someone to make a decision about something
- Ammunition - facts that can be used to support an argument
- Reluctant - not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it
- Criticise - to express disapproval of someone or something
- Labelled - to use a word or phrase to describe someone or something, especially one that is not completely fair or true
- Hoarder - a person or organization that collects a lot of money or objects, sometimes secretly
- Shaken up something - to cause large changes in something such as an organization, usually in order to make improvements
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Cuba after Fidel"
- Revolutionary - relating to or supporting a political revolution (change)
- Towering - very great
- Charismatic - a charismatic person has a strong personal quality that makes other people like them and be attracted to them
- Imperialist - wanting to take control of other countries
- Torch-bearer - somebody who attracts people to do something (leader)
- Signify - to show
- Ideological - based on a system of ideas and principles on which a political or economic theory is based
- Hostilities - fighting between enemies in a war
- Affordable - not expensive (able to be bought by people who do not earn a lot of money)
- Hegemony - political control or influence, especially by one country over other countries
- Endeared - to cause someone to be liked by another person
- Majority - most of the people or things in a group
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Domestic - relating to the country being talked about
- Played out - tired and no longer having power or effectiveness
- Defiance - behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something
- Outlasted - to continue to be successful for longer, than someone or something else
- Radical - believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change
- Invasion - an occasion when an army or country uses force to enter and take control of another country
- Exile - a person who is sent or kept away from their own country
- Overthrow - to defeat or remove someone from power, using force
- Regime - a particular government or a system or method of government
- Pragmatic - solving problems in a sensible way that suits the conditions that really exist now, rather than obeying fixed theories, ideas, or rules
- Cold War - a state of extreme unfriendliness existing between countries
- Hemisphere- one half of the Earth
- Threaten - to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want
- Catastrophe - a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction
- Misperception - a belief or opinion about something that is wrong or not accurate
- Turned out - happened in a particular way (especially an unexpected one)
- Rollback - an occasion when the influence of particular laws, rules, etc. is reduced
- Sanction - an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law
- Crippled - caused serious damage to someone or something
- Clout - power and influence over other people or events
- Non-Aligned - if a country is non-aligned, it does not support or depend on any powerful country or group of countries
- Socialism - a political system that aims to create a society in which everyone has equal opportunities and in which the most important industries are owned or controlled by the whole community
- Nationalisation - if a government nationalizes a large company or industry, it takes control of it and owns it
- Appropriation - the act of taking something for your own use, usually without permission
- Corporation - a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization
- Deficiency- a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that is needed
- Reliant - depending on someone or something
- Commodity - something that can be bought and sold, especially a basic food product or fuel
- Resumption - the start of something again after a temporary stop
- Stewardship - the way in which someone organizes and looks after something
- Designate - to choose someone officially to do a particular job
- Successor - someone who has an important position after someone else
- Fragile - not very strong
- Undertook - to do or begin something
- Rapprochement - an agreement reached by opposing groups or people
- Pursue - to follow someone or something
- Rhetoric - speech (to be effective and influence people)
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Incumbent - someone who has an official position
- Intention - a plan in your mind to do something
- Step down - to leave an official position or job, especially so that someone else can take your place
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