English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 6th November 2016 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Looking for a humane solution"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Back from the brink in Lebanon"
- Humane - showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering
- Establishing - to start a company or organization that will continue for a long time
- Fishery - a place where fish are bred
- Dispute - an argument or disagreement
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Hotline - a special direct phone connection for emergencies
- Coast - the land next to or close to the sea
- Violence - behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something
- Custody - a situation in which someone is kept in prison until they go to court for trial
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Livelihood - something such as your work that provides the money that you need to live
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Exhausted - empty or finished, because a supply of something has all been used
- Trawler - a boat used for fishing by pulling a large net through the water
- Territorial - relating to the land of a particular country
- Expediting - to make something happen quickly or easily
- Emerging - just beginning to exist or be noticed
- Incursion - a situation in which someone or something enters an area where they do not belong
- Phase-out - to gradually stop using something
- Outright - completely or immediately
- Vessel - a large boat or a ship
- Ecological - relating to the environment and the way that plants, animals, and humans live together and affect each other
- Transgression - to do something that is not allowed by a law
- Equipping - to provide a person, object, or place with the things that they need for a particular purpose
- Plight - a sad, serious, or difficult situation
- Devastating - causing a lot of harm or damage
- Sustainable methods - methods that do not harm the environment
- Permissible - allowed to be done by a law or rule
- Humanitarian - involved in or connected with improving people's lives and reducing suffering
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Back from the brink in Lebanon"
- Brink - the point where a new or different situation is about to begin
- Stalemate - a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree
- Fractious - easily upset or annoyed
- Threats - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Neighbouring - near each other
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Stricken - affected by serious problems
- Long-standing - having existed for a long time
- Maronite - a member of a Christian group of Syrian origin
- Sunni - a member of the largest Islamic religious group, which follows the teachings only of Mohammed, not those of any of the religious leaders who came after him
- Shia - a member of the second largest religious movement in Islam, based on the belief that Ali, a member of Mohammed's family, and the teachers who came after him were the true religious leaders
- Sect - a religious group
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Tricky - difficult to do
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Backing - support
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Survive - to continue to exist, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation
- Tactical move - a tactical move is one that you do as part of a plan for achieving what you want
- Diminishing - becoming less
- Clout - the authority to make decisions, or the power to influence events
- Resistance - the ability not to be affected or harmed by something
- Militia - a group of ordinary people who are trained as soldiers to fight in an emergency
- Arrayed - ready to oppose or fight
- Alongside - working with someone
- Regime - a system or form of government
- Patron - supporters
- Backs - supports
- Rebels - people who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Animosity - a strong feeling of disliking someone or something
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Assassinating - to kill a famous or important person
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Fault-lines - difference of opinion that is likely to have serious consequences
- Reviving - to become conscious or alive again
- Atrocity - an extremely cruel, violent, or shocking act
- Refugee - someone who leaves their country, especially during a war or other threatening event
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Plunge - to become lower in value or level very suddenly and quickly
- Strife - fighting or disagreement between people or groups
- Set aside - to not let a particular feeling, opinion, or belief influence you, in order to achieve something more important
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