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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 12th March 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic : "2017 Assembly elections: First among unequals"
Hindu Editorial Topic : "2017 Assembly elections: First among unequals"
- Among - in the middle of or surrounded by other things
- Emerged - to become known
- Possibly - used when something is not certain
- Electorate - all the people who are allowed to vote
- Debate - serious discussion of a subject in which many people take part
- Inevitably - used for saying that something is certain to happen
- Detractor - someone who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly
- Takeaway - a main message or piece of information that you learn from something
- Pan - all
- Propagation - the process of communication
- Muscular - powerful
- Peaked - rising to a point
- Probably -likely to be true or likely to happen
- Plateau - a period during which there are no large changes
- Dipped - to go down to a lower level
- Marginally - slightly
- Allies - supporters
- Former - the first of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
- Stroll in the park - something that is very easy to do
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Infighting - competition between people within a group, especially to improve their own position or to get agreement for their ideas
- Owing to - because of
- Shed - to get rid of something that is not wanted or is no longer necessary
- Incumbency - an official position
- Baggage - problems that someone’s past experiences might cause in new situations
- Distance yourself from something - to become or seem less involved or connected with something
- Came across - to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic
- Buy into something - to completely believe in a set of ideas
- Narrative - a particular way of explaining or understanding events
- Shortcoming - a fault or a failure to reach a particular standard
- On account of something - because of something
- Campaign - a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
- Unthinkable - so shocking that it cannot be imagined as possible
- Supremo - the person in charge of an organization or who is considered to have most skill and authority in a particular type of activity
- Averse - strongly disliking or opposed to
- Tie-up - a connection or agreement that joins two things or organizations
- Unseemly - not seemly (= socially suitable and polite)
- Align - to give your support publicly to a group, political party, or country
- Ideological - based on, or relating to, an ideology
- Compunction - a slight guilty feeling about something you have done or might do
- Constituency - one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature
- Rival - a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area
- Squander - to waste money or supplies, or to waste opportunities by not using them to your advantage
- Misstep - mistake
- Disastrous - extremely bad or unsuccessful
- Implication - the effect that an action or decision will have on something else in the future
- Thanks to somebody / something - because of someone or something
- Boasted - to have or own something to be proud of
- Charismatic - a charismatic person has a strong personal quality that makes other people like them and be attracted to them
- Appeal - the quality in someone or something that makes him, her, or it attractive or interesting
- Insular - interested only in your own country or group and not willing to accept different or foreign ideas
- Coterie - a small group of people with shared interests, often one that does not want other people to join them
- Replicate - to make or do something again in exactly the same way
- Elsewhere - at, in, from, or to another place or other places; anywhere or somewhere else
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Undesirable - not wanted, approved of, or popular
- Altered - changed
- Credible - able to be believed or trusted
- Pit somebody against somebody - to cause one person, group, or thing to fight against or be in competition with another
- Inclined - feeling that you want to do something
- Back - to support
- Substantially - to a large degree
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something
- Lacklustre - without energy and effort
- Steep fall - sudden and straight fall
- Flash in the pan - something that happened only once or for a short time and was not repeated
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