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Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The stakes in Punjab and Goa"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Tarred by the oil spill"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The stakes in Punjab and Goa"
- Stake - a share or a financial involvement in something
- Herald - to be a sign that something important, and often good, is starting to happen, or to make something publicly known, especially by celebrating or praising it
- Hectic - full of activity, or very busy and fast
- Campaign - a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Debut - to perform or be introduced to the public for the first time
- Incumbent - officially having the named position
- Defend - to protect someone or something against attack or criticism
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Inadequately - not good enough or too low in quality
- Devastated - completely destroyed
- Turn the tide - to change a situation, especially so that you begin to win instead of losing
- On the other hand - in a way that is different from the first thing you mentioned
- Variable - likely to change often
- Forecasting - the job or activity of judging what is likely to happen in the future, based on the information you have now
- Stable - firmly fixed or not likely to move or change:
- Prone - likely to suffer from an illness or show a particular negative characteristic
- Volatility - likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly
- Fielded - to have or produce a team of people to take part in an activity or event
- Compact - consisting of parts that are positioned together closely or in a tidy way, using very little space
- Constituency - one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature
- Minor - having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the same type
- Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- Heavyweight - a person or thing that is important or serious and that other people notice
- Deploy - to use something or someone, especially in an effective way
- Mundane - very ordinary and therefore not interesting
- Agrarian - relating to the land, especially the use of land for farming
- Narcotic - an illegal drug such as heroin or cocaine
- Civic - of a town or city or the people who live in it
- Confined - to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way
- Patronage - help or money that is given to a person or organization
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Tarred by the oil spill"
- Tarred - covered with tar (a black substance)
- Oil spill - an accident in which oil has come out of a ship and caused pollution
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Coastline - the land along a coast
- Collision - an accident that happens when two vehicles hit each other with force
- Tragic - very sad, often involving death and suffering
- Ironic - an ironic event or situation is interesting and sometimes humorous, because it is the opposite of what you would expect
- Marine - related to the sea or sea transport
- Livelihood - (the way someone earns) the money people need to pay for food, a place to live, clothing, etc
- Declining - to gradually become less, worse, or lower
- Navigation - to direct the way that a ship, aircraft, etc. will travel, or to find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land, often by using a map
- Apparent - able to be seen or understood
- Deficient - not good enough
- Unfold - if a situation or story unfolds, it develops or becomes clear to other people
- Washed ashore - (of the sea) to carry something or someone to or away from a place
- Obvious - easy to see, recognize, or understand
- Contain - to keep something harmful within limits and not allow it to spread
- Efficacy - the ability of achieving something, to produce the intended result
- Disaster - (an event that results in) great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
- Contingency - something that might possibly happen in the future, usually causing problems or making further arrangements necessary
- Stakeholders - a person such as an employee, customer, or citizen who is involved with an organization, society, etc. and therefore has responsibilities towards it and an interest in its success
- Sludge - a thick soft substance that remains when liquid has been removed from something in an industrial process
- Volunteer - a person who does something, especially helping other people, willingly and without being forced or paid to do it
- Wielding - to hold a weapon or tool and look as if you are going to use it
- Protocol - the system of rules and acceptable behaviour used at official ceremonies and occasions
- Mitigation - a reduction in how harmful, unpleasant, or bad something is
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Acquisition - the process of getting something
- Agency - a government organization
- Muster - to produce or encourage something such as an emotion or support
- Moreover - (used to add information) also and more importantly
- Obfuscation - to deliberately make something confusing or difficult to understand
- Counterproductive - having the opposite result to the one you intended
- Impact - the force or action of one object hitting another
- Prolonged - continuing for a long time
- Erode - to slowly reduce or destroy something
- Biodiversity - the number and types of plants and animals that exist in a particular area or in the world generally, or the problem of protecting this
- Safeguard - to protect something from harm
- Habitat - the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Provision - a statement within an agreement or a law that a particular thing must happen or be done, especially before another can happen or be done
- Convention - a way of behaving that is generally accepted as being normal and right
- Conservation - the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity
- Migratory - having the characteristic of moving regularly to another place
- Memorandum - an informal legal agreement
- Signatory - a person, organization, or country that has signed an agreement
- Catastrophe - a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction
- Ballast - a substance such as water, sand, or metal that is carried in ships or large balloons to help them remain steady
- Dispersant - a chemical substance used to break up a liquid, especially oil floating on the sea, into tiny pieces so that it spreads over a wide area and causes less harm
- Controversial - causing disagreement or discussion
- Underscore - to emphasize something, or to show that it is important
- Mandated - to give official permission for something to happen
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