English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 18th December 2016 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Questions from a washout"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Bridging the learning deficit"
- Washout - a complete failure
- Mustering - collect or assemble
- Disruptive - causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual
- Tactic - a planned way of doing something
- Stall - to stop
- Insisting - to say very strongly that something must happen or must be done
- Maximalist - a person who holds extreme views and is not prepared to compromise
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Substantive - important / serious
- Diminished - reduced in amount, size, or importance
- Hysterical - extremely funny
- Afterglow - a pleasant feeling produced after an experience, event, feeling, etc
- Earth-shattering - extremely surprising and important
- Disclosure - the process of giving information to people, especially information that was secret
- Theatrics - behaviour that is intended to get attention
- Deliberative - involving careful thought and discussion when making decisions
- Grinding - extreme: used for emphasizing how bad a situation is
- Think tank - a group of experts brought together, usually by a government, to develop ideas on a particular subject and to make suggestions for action
- Legislative - relating to laws or the making of laws
- Orally - expressed in speech, not writing
- Abandonment - the action of leaving
- Give-and-take - willingness to accept suggestions from another person and give up some of your own
- Baffling - to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Aisles - political opponents
- Rollout - the act of making something, especially a product or service, available for the first time
- Take your cue from somebody - to take notice of someone's words or behaviour so that you know what you should do
- Playbook - a set of rules or suggestions that are considered to be suitable for a particular activity, industry, or job
- Adjournment - the temporary ending of a meeting or trial, or the period of time during which it is temporarily ended
- Reinforcing - to make something stronger
- Viable - able to work as intended or able to succeed
- Road map - a plan for how to achieve something
- Constructive - useful and intended to help or improve something
- Avert - to prevent something bad from happening
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Bridging the learning deficit"
- Deficit - the amount by which something is too small
- Formulated - to develop all the details of a plan for doing something
- Gearing up for something - to prepare for something that you have to do, or to prepare someone else for something
- Far from - not at all
- Successive - happening one after the other without any break
- Sustained - continuing for a long time
- In a bid - in an attempt
- Elementary - basic
- Contingent - a group of people representing an organization
- Enrolment - to put yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, school, college
- Investment - the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something
- Gross - total
- Evident - easily seen or understood
- Gaping hole - very large
- Equitably - treating everyone fairly and in the same way
- Dropout - a person who leaves school, college, or university before completing a qualification
- Absenteeism - the habit of not being at school or work when you should be, usually without a good reason
- Outmoded - no longer useful, suitable, or relevant
- Pedagogies - the methods and practices of teaching
- Contemporary - existing or happening now
- Pertaining to something - to be directly related to something
- Curricula - the subjects that students study at a particular school or college
- Ingrained - an ingrained attitude, belief, or habit has existed for a long time and cannot easily be changed
- Workforce - the total number of people who work in a particular company, industry, or area
- Nimble - able to move quickly and easily
- Colonial-era - relating to the period in which one country rules another
- Sluggish - not performing or reacting as well as usual
- Skill-deprived - not having the skills that are required
- Cope - to deal successfully with a difficult situation
- Vocational - providing skills and education that prepare you for a job
- Policymaker - a member of a government department, legislature, or other organization who is responsible for making new rules, laws, etc
- Ought - used to say that it is necessary or desirable to perform the expressed action
- Cognitive - connected with thinking or conscious mental processes
- Rural areas - countryside areas
- Absorption - complete interest in something
- Norm - an accepted standard or a way of behaving or doing things that most people agree with
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