English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Voting with our feet"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Open gates"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Voting with our feet"
- Voting with our feet - to express an opinion through your actions, for example by not going to a place or by deciding not to spend money
- Robust - strong
- Turnout - the number of voters in an election
- Defy - to happen in a way that is different from what usually happens or what you expect
- Anxiety - an uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future
- Alienation - the process of making someone dislike you, or not want to help or support you
- Hovering - to stay somewhere
- Constituency - one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature
- Reckon - to calculate an amount
- Marginally - very small in amount or effect
- Far-fetched - difficult to believe
- Fatigue - extreme tiredness
- Cynicism - the belief that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest
- Indeed - really or certainly
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Millennial - a person who was born around the time of the millennium, that is around the year 2000
- Enthusiasm - a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it
- Turnout - the number of people who are present at an event, especially the number who go to vote at an election
- Bridged - to make a change from one situation to another
- At first glance - when first looking
- Repudiation - opposition
- Ethnographic - relating to the scientific description of peoples and cultures with their customs, habits, and mutual differences.
- Perceive - to come to an opinion about something, or have a belief about something
- Celebratory - celebrating an important event or a special occasion
- Camaraderie - a feeling of friendliness towards people that you work or share an experience with
- Determination - the ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult
- Nonetheless - despite what has just been said or done
- Anti-incumbent vote - vote against elected officials currently in power
- Psephological - related to the scientific study of elections
- Verdict - an opinion that you have or a decision that you make
- On the sidelines - not taking part in an activity
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Open gates"
- Humane - showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering
- Asylum - protection or safety, especially that given by a government to people who have been forced to leave their own countries for their safety or because of war
- Ruling - a decision
- Deny - to not allow someone to have or do something
- Populist - representing or relating to the ideas and opinions of ordinary people
- Hardliners - people who are determined and ambitious
- Hostile - unfriendly and not liking something
- Surge - a sudden and great increase
- Refugee - a person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war
- Desperate - very worried and angry because you do not know how to deal with an unpleasant situation
- Humanitarian - relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc
- Catastrophe - a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction
- Immigration - the act of someone coming to live in a different country
- Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
- Magnitude - the large size or importance of something
- Overturn - to change a legal decision
- Prosecutor - a legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a law court
- Degrading - causing people to feel that they have no value
- Consistent - always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way
- Obligation - something that you must do for legal or moral reasons
- Charter - an official document describing the aims, rights, or principles of an organization
- Overruling - to decide against a decision that has already been made
- Stance - a way of thinking about something
- Arbiter - someone who makes a judgment, solves an argument, or decides what will be done
- Inconceivable - impossible to imagine or think of
- Consequence - a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Embarked - to get on a ship in order to begin a journey
- Conflict - fighting between two or more groups of people or countries
- Shot in the arm - something that has a sudden and positive effect on something, providing encouragement and new activity
- Eurosceptic - a person, especially a politician, who opposes closer connections between Britain and the European Union
- Steadfast - staying the same for a long time and not changing quickly or unexpectedly
- Controversial - causing disagreement or discussion
- Campaign - a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
- Migration - movement from one region to another
- Plea - an urgent and emotional request
- Upheld - if a court of law upheld something such as a claim, it says that it is correct
- Domestic - local
- Defying - to refuse to obey a law
- Culminating in something - to happen or exist as the final result of a process or situation
- Setback - something that happens that delays or prevents a process from developing
- Immigration - the process of examining your passport and other documents to make certain that you can be allowed to enter the country, or the place where this is done
- Mainstream - considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people
- Conception - a belief about what something is like
- Emphasised - to show that something is very important or worth giving attention to
- Ascent - the process of moving to a higher level or position
- Perception - a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how things seem
- Turning their back - refusing / rejecting
- Juncture - a particular point in time
- Pathway - a way that you can follow
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