English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 29th January 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Keeping safety on the rails"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Simply the best"
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Keeping safety on the rails"
- Keeping on the rails - to make something working or happening normally again
- Derailment - the action of a train leaving its tracks accidentally
- Carriage - one of the vehicles that are joined together to make a train
- Wagon - a large open container that is pulled by a train and is used for carrying goods
- Reality check - an occasion that causes you to consider the facts about a situation and not your opinions, ideas, or beliefs
- Sabotage - deliberate damage that is done to the property
- Variation - a change in amount or level
- Gauges - the distance between the two metal rails (=tracks) of a railway, or between the wheels of the train
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Inquiries - (the process of asking) a question
- Deficient - lacking the correct amount of something
- Derelict - shamefully negligent of one's duties (careless)
- Fatal - very serious and having an important bad effect in the future
- Collision - an accident in which a person or vehicle that is moving crashes into something
- For instance - for example
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Equitable - fair and reasonable because everyone is treated in the same way
- Comfortable - feeling physically relaxed, without any pain or other unpleasant feelings
- Pursuing - to follow a course of activity
- Initiative - an important action that is intended to solve a problem
- Non-lapsable - without any errors
- Corpus - an amount of money that you collect, save, or invest
- Transparent - open and honest, without secrets
- Framework - a system of rules, laws, agreements etc that establish the way that something operates in business, politics, or society
- Rely - to depend on something
- Obligation - something that you must do for legal or moral reasons
- Ageing - too old and no longer useful
- Kept pace with - to develop or progress at the same rate as something else
- Leap - to move / jump somewhere suddenly and quickly
- Zero tolerance - a policy of punishing people for even very minor offences by using the law in a very strict way
- Ultrasonic - ultrasonic sounds are sounds that humans cannot hear because they have very high frequencies
- Flaw - a mistake or fault in something that makes it useless or less effective
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Simply the best"
- Retro - going backwards
- Revival - the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again
- Storied - famous, or well known
- Rivalries - a situation in which people, teams, businesses etc compete with one another
- Relentless - determined, and never stopping your attempts to achieve something
- Maestro - someone very skilled who people admire and respect a lot
- Sublime - extremely good
- Artistry - great skill in a sport or profession
- Prevailed - to be the strongest influence or element in a situation
- Dominance - a situation in which one person or thing has more influence or power than any other
- Nostalgia - thoughts about happy times in your past, often mixed with the wish to be back in the past
- Evoked - to bring a particular emotion, idea, or memory into your mind
- Thrill - to make someone feel very excited and pleased
- Resurgence - the start of something again that quickly increases in influence, effect etc
- Instinctive - done without thinking, because of a natural tendency or ability
- Attuned - familiar with something and able to deal with it in a sensitive way
- Ruthlessness - willing to make other people suffer so that you can achieve your aims
- Marginally - by only a very small amount
- Precisely - exactly
- Injury - physical damage done to a person or a part of their body
- Bruising - damage to someone’s reputation or confidence
- Rally - a public meeting that a lot of people go to in order to support someone or something or to protest against someone or something
- Overcome - to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem
- Formidable - causing you to have fear or respect for something or someone because that thing or person is large, powerful, or difficult
- Athleticism - physical strength and the ability to do sports and physical exercises well
- Apparent - easy to see or understand
- Facet - an aspect of something such as a situation or someone’s character
- Underrated - having more importance, value, skill, power, etc., than people recognize
- Significantly - by a large amount, or in a way that is easily noticeable
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Quietened - to make somebody calm
- Persistent - continuing to exist, especially for longer than you would like
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