English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A battle lost ?"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Ageing with dignity"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A battle lost ?"
- Scotch - to prevent something from being believed or being done
- The status quo - the present situation
- Progressive - supporting social and political change that aims to make a system fairer
- Endeavour - an attempt to do something
- Yield - to supply or produce something positive such as a profit, an amount of food or information
- Eenthusiastic - very interested in something or excited by it
- Reactionary - strongly opposed to any social or political change
- Embark on something - to start something new or important
- Resistance - the ability not to be affected or harmed by something
- Stepped down - to leave an official position or job
- Urban - of or in a city or town
- In accordance with - following or obeying a rule, law, wish, etc
- Amendment - a change to a law that is not yet in operation and is still being discussed
- Constitution - the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed, especially in relation to the rights of the people it governs
- Predictably - as expected
- Autonomy - the ability to make your own decisions without being controlled by anyone else
- Ploy - something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly
- Constitutionally - according to the rules in a constitution
- Mandate - the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern a country
- U-turn - a complete change from one opinion or plan of action to an opposite one
- Null and void - having no legal force
- Emboldening - to make someone brave
- Agitation - the situation in which people protest or argue, especially in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change
- Rival -a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area
- On grounds of - based on / because of
- Routine - a usual or fixed way of doing things
- Intrigue - to make someone very interested in knowing more about something, especially something that seems mysterious
- Confined - to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way
- Defection - the act of leaving a country, political party, etc. to go to another one
- Supremo - the person in charge of an organization or who is considered to have most skill and authority in a particular type of activity
- Turmoil - a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder
- Coalition - the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Accord - a formal agreement
- Insurgent - someone who is fighting against the government in their own country
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Ageing with dignity"
- Ageing - used to describe a person or thing that is getting old:
- Gear up - to prepare for an activity or event
- Demographic - relating to demography (the study of populations and the different groups that make them up)
- Dividend - (a part of) the profit of a company that is paid to the people who own shares in it
- Underpin - o give support, strength, or a basic structure to something
- Rapid - fast or sudden
- Countervailing - having equal force but an opposite effect
- Offset - to balance the effect of something, with the result that there is no advantage or disadvantage
- Relatively - in comparison with someone or something similar
- Policymaker - a member of a government department, legislature, or other organization who is responsible for making new rules, laws, etc
- Elderly - old people
- Cohort - a friend or supporter, especially of someone you do not like
- Enormous - extremely large
- Tailored - made or changed especially to be suitable for a particular situation or purpose
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed in the past
- Dramatic - very sudden or noticeable
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Attuned - able to understand or recognize something
- Palliative - a drug or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing the cause of the pain
- Communicable - able to be given from one person to another
- Preventive - intended to stop something before it happens
- Curative - used for curing an illness
- Rehabilitative - to help someone who has been ill to return to a healthy life
- Aspect - one part of a situation, problem, subject, etc
- Advocacy - strong public support for something
- Campaign - a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
- Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
- Dignity - the importance and value that a person has, that makes other people respect them or makes them respect themselves
- Twilight - the final part of a period
- Abandonment - to leave someone when you should stay with them and look after them
- Destitution - the state of having no money or possessions
- Homelessness - without a place to live
- Revolve around - to have something as the main or most important interest or subject
- Workforce - the group of people who work in a company, industry, country, etc
- Emigrate - to leave a country permanently and go to live in another one
- Abroad - in or to a foreign country or countries
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