English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Massacre in Sehwan"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Champions’ league"
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Massacre in Sehwan"
- Massacre - an act of killing a lot of people
- Shrine - a place for worship that is holy because of a connection with a holy person or object
- Composite - made up of several parts or elements
- Horrific - very bad and shocking
- Province - the parts of a country that are not the capital city
- Venerate - to honour or very much respect a person or thing
- Subcontinent - a large area of land that is part of a continent, often referring to South Asia
- Flocked - a large group of people gathered in a place
- Prominent - important and well known
- Syncretism - the combining of different religions, cultures, or ideas; an instance of this
- Thereby - because of, or by means of, what has just been mentioned
- Potent - very powerful, forceful, or effective
- A string of - a set of / number of
- Sect - a religious group that has separated from a larger religion and is considered to have extreme or unusual beliefs or customs
- Promptly - immediately
- Methodically - in a careful and cautious way
- Mystical - relating to or involving mysterious religious or spiritual powers
- Moderate - neither very great nor very small in amount, size, strength, or degree
- Loathe - to dislike someone or something very much
- Fundamentalist - someone who believes that original religious and political laws should be followed very strictly and should not be changed
- Brutal - extremely violent
- Devotee - someone who follows a particular religion or religious leader
- Mobilising - to organize or prepare something, such as a group of people, for a purpose
- Whip up something - to encourage or cause people to have strong feelings about something
- Sectarian - (a person) strongly supporting a particular religious group and not willing to accept other beliefs
- Caliphate - an Islamic state, especially one ruled by a single religious and political leader
- Align yourself with something / somebody - if you align yourself with an organization or person, you agree with and support their aims
- Ferocious - frightening and violent
- Breakaway - an act of separating from a group, especially because of disagreement
- Faction - a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group
- Reportedly - according to what many people say
- Tactical - a tactical action is one that you do as part of a plan for achieving what you want
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Turned against - to start not to like or agree with someone or something
- Dismantle -to get rid of a system or organization, usually over a period of time
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Coming forward - to offer to give help or information
- Vicious - extremely violent
- Sectarian - (a person) strongly supporting a particular religious group and not willing to accept other beliefs
- Tragedy - a very sad event or situation, especially one involving death or suffering
- Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
- Action plan - a detailed set of instructions to follow in order to solve a problem or achieve something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Champions’ league"
- League - a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other
- Pick up the thread - to start again after an interruption
- Rivalry - a situation in which people, teams, businesses etc compete with one another
- Duel - a close competition between two people or teams
- Replete - well supplied
- Anecdote - a story that you tell people about something interesting or funny that has happened to you
- Build-up - a gradual increase in the amount or level of something
- Intensity - the quality of being felt strongly or having a very strong effect
- Inferior - not good, or not as good as someone or something else
- Folklore - the traditional stories and culture of a group of people
- Amplified - to increase the size or effect of something
- Riveting - extremely interesting
- Played out - tired and no longer having power or effectiveness
- Ticked all the boxes - to satisfy all of the requirements for success
- Mighty - very large, powerful, or important
- Oscillating - to continuously change your feelings, opinions, or decisions from one extreme position to the other
- Skipper - the captain of a sports team
- Legacy - something that is a part of your history or that remains from an earlier time
- Helmed - controlled
- Transition - a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which this happens
- Asserting - to do something to show that you have power
- Daunting - something that is daunting makes you worried because you think that it will be very difficult or dangerous to do
- Frontier - a border between two countries
- Emphatic - done or said in a strong way and without any doubt
- Validation - to officially prove that something is true or correct
- Underpin - to be an important basic part of something, allowing it to succeed or continue to exist
- Consistency - the quality of always behaving or performing in a similar way
- Augmented - to increase the size or value of something by adding something to it:
- Resolute - determined in character, action, or ideas
- Astute - able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it
- On balance - after thinking about all the different facts or opinions
- Triumph - a very great success, achievement
- Evoked - to make someone remember something or feel an emotion
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something
- Adaptability - ability or willingness to change
- Aggressive - behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person
- Under-cooked - to not cook something enough
- Written off - to decide that someone or something will not succeed and so to stop giving them your attention and energy
- Tie - to finish at the same time or score the same number of points, etc. in a competition as someone or something else
- Tussle - to have difficult disagreements or strong arguments
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