English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Fresh start in Punjab"
- Lifeline - something, especially a way of getting help, that you depend on to lead your life in a satisfactory way
- Nudge - to encourage someone in a gentle way to do something
- Empower - to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something
- Regional - relating to or coming from a particular part of a country (local)
- Elsewhere - in or to another place or other places
- Bagging - to win something
- Beleaguered - having a lot of problems or difficulties
- Feisty - active, forceful, and full of determination
- Campaign - a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim
- Fend off somebody - to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Pose - to cause something, especially a problem or difficulty
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Foray - an attempt at doing something new or something that you do not usually do
- Incumbency - an official position
- Coalition - the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time, or a government that is formed in this way
- Distaste - a dislike of something that you find unpleasant or unacceptable
- High-handedness - using power or authority more forcefully than is needed, without thinking about the feelings or wishes of other people
- Disenchantment - the feeling of being disappointed and no longer enthusiastic about someone or something
- Made a play for something / somebody - to try to get something, or start a relationship with someone, sometimes by using a plan
- Infighting - competition between people within a group, especially to improve their own position or to get agreement for their ideas
- Grassroots - the ordinary people in a society or an organization, especially a political party
- Substantially - to a large degree
- Chunk - a part of something, especially a large part
- Formidable - very impressive in size, power, or skill and therefore deserving respect and often difficult to deal with
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Agrarian - relating to the land, especially the use of land for farming
- Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
- Ravage - to cause great damage to something
- Devastating - causing a lot of damage or destruction
- Nourishing - if you nourish a feeling, belief, or plan, you think about it a lot and encourage it
- Trafficking - to buy and sell goods illegally
- Nexus - an important connection between the parts of a system or a group of things
- Constraint - something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits
- Revival - the process of becoming more active or popular again
- Groom - to prepare someone for a special job or activity
- Momentum - the force that keeps an object moving or keeps an event developing after it has started
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "On the rocks"
- On the rocks - likely to fail soon
- Referendum - a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their opinion about or decide an important political or social question
- Strategic - carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal, especially in war, business, or politics
- Coincided - to happen at or near the same time
- Adoption - accepting or starting to use something new
- Landmark - an important stage in something's development
- Excise - to remove something
- Despite - without taking any notice of or being influenced by; not prevented by
- Resounding - very great
- Overwhelmingly - used for emphasizing the amount or strength of something (very great or very large)
- Surge - a sudden and great increase
- Receded - to move back from a high point or level
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Futile - having no effect or achieving nothing
- Speculate - to consider or discuss why something has happened or what might happen
- Assuage - to make unpleasant feelings less strong
- Immigration - the act of someone coming to live in a different country
- Negotiations - the process of discussing something with someone in order to reach an agreement with them, or the discussions themselves
- Counterpart - a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organization
- Conservative - not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society
- Coherent - clear and carefully considered
- Apparently - based only on what you have heard, not on what you are certain is true
- Slump - (of prices, values, or sales) to fall suddenly
- Mounting - gradually increasing
- Deficit - the total amount by which money spent is more than money received
- Rational - based on clear thought and reason
- Divisive - used to describe something that causes great and sometimes unfriendly disagreement within a group of people
- Likely - if something is likely, it will probably happen or is expected
- Rip apart - to destroy something completely
- Sovereignty - the power of a country to control its own government
- Devolution - the moving of power or responsibility from a main organization to a lower level, or from a central government to a local government
- Proponent - a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action
- Short-sighted - not thinking enough about how an action will affect the future
- Ratify - to make an agreement official
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Sensitivity - an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind to them
- Undermining - to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually
- Sovereignty - the power of a country to control its own government
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