English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 19th February 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Marred by violence"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Smoke on the water"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Marred by violence"
- Marred - spoiled
- Scupper - to cause something such as a plan or an opportunity to fail
- Inexcusable - too bad to be accepted
- Grace - the quality of being pleasantly polite, or a willingness to be fair and honest
- Poise - a controlled and relaxed way of behaving, even in difficult situations
- Imminent - coming or likely to happen very soon
- Virtue - a good moral quality in a person, or the general quality of being morally good
- Abysmal - extremely bad or low in quality
- Confidence vote - a voting process in which people show support for a person or group in power
- Resorted to something - to do or use something because it is the only thing available
- Stall - to stop
- Proceedings - a series of events that happen in a planned and controlled way
- Citing - 1 to mention something as a reason
- Excuse - a reason that you give to explain why you did something wrong
- Tore up - to destroy something such as a piece of paper or cloth by pulling it into pieces
- Adjourning - to temporarily end something such as a meeting
- Eviction - to force someone to leave a place
- Ally - someone who helps and supports someone else
- Protest - a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, or opposition
- Faction - a group within a larger group, especially one with slightly different ideas from the main group
- Admittedly - used when you are agreeing that something is true, especially unwillingly
- Constitute - to be or be considered as something
- Legitimacy - the fact that something is legal
- Sorely - extremely; very much
- Juncture - a particular point in time
- Disqualification - a situation in which someone is not allowed to take part in something because they have committed an offence or have done something that is not allowed by the rules
- Defection - the act of leaving a country, political party, etc. to go to another one
- Sworn in - when someone is sworn in, they make a formal promise to be honest or loyal, when starting a new official job
- Convening - to bring together a group of people for a meeting
- Irregularity - a situation in which the rules, laws, or usual ways of doing things have not been followed
- Aggrieved - unhappy and angry because of unfair treatment
- Confined - to limit an activity, person, or problem in some way
- Resort - a place where many people go for rest
- Statutory - a law that has been formally approved and written down
- Irrational - done or happening without clear or sensible reasons
- Condoning - accepting or allowing behaviour that is wrong
- Legitimacy - the fact that something is legal
- Institutionally - within or outside of an organization or institution
- Acertained - to find out something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Smoke on the water"
- Wetland - low land that is often covered with water from the lake, river, or sea next to it
- Massive - very large in size, amount, or number
- A plume of smoke - a tall, thin mass of smoke
- Urban - of or in a city or town
- Indifference - lack of interest in someone or something
- Chronic - very bad
- Baseline - an imaginary line used as a starting point for making comparisons
- Successive - happening one after the other without any break
- Rampant - getting worse quickly and in an uncontrolled way
- Encroachment - to take control or possession of something in a gradual way and often without being noticed
- Catchment area - the area of land around a river or lake that it gets its water from
- Exploitation - the use of something in order to get an advantage from it
- Sewage - waste matter such as water or human urine or solid waste
- Effluents - liquid waste that is sent out from factories or places where sewage is dealt with, usually flowing into rivers, lakes, or the sea
- Blaze - a large fire that causes a lot of damage
- Deliberate - intentional or planned
- Ecologist - a person who studies the natural relationships between the air, land, water, animals, plants, etc
- Inaction - failure to do anything that might provide a solution to a problem
- Unliveable - not pleasant enough to live in
- Outfall - the place where water or liquid waste flows out of a pipe
- Revive - to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use
- Demarcating - to show the limits of something
- Land-grabbers - people who take land by force
- Flooding - a situation in which an area is covered with water, especially from rain
- Catastrophe - a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction (a bad situation)
- Ornithology - the study of birds
- Conservation - the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity
- Tragic - very sad, often involving death and suffering
- Survived - to continue to live or exist
- Obviously - in a way that is easy to understand or see
- Moreover - (used to add information) also and more importantly
- Accumulation - the process by which something increases in amount or is collected together over time
- For instance - for example
- Pose - to cause a problem or difficulty
- Severely - very seriously
- Perilous - extremely dangerous
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