English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Unique distinction: SC's clarification on Aadhaar gives space for reforms"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Passing the Tests: another win for team India against Australia"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Unique distinction: SC's clarification on Aadhaar gives space for reforms"
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Oral - spoken and not written
- Observation - a written or spoken comment about something that you have seen, heard, or felt
- Significant - very important
- Alter - to change something
- Narrative - a particular way of explaining or understanding events
- Potential - possible when the necessary conditions exist
- Scope - the opportunity or freedom that is needed to do or develop something
- Ambitious - if a plan or idea is ambitious, it needs a great amount of skill and effort to be successful or be achieved
- Reiterating - to repeat something in order to emphasize it or make it very clear to people
- Welfare - help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it, especially because they do not have enough money
- Transaction - the action or process of buying or selling something
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Mandatory - something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded by law
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- No-frills - including only the most basic features
- Credentials - documents that prove who you are or that show your qualifications or status
- Authenticate - to prove that something is real, true, or what people say it is
- Dispel - to remove fears, doubts, and false ideas, usually by proving them wrong or unnecessary
- Ambiguity - something that is not clear because it has more than one possible meaning
- Interim - temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent exists
- Biometrics - the use of detailed information about someone's body, for example the patterns of colour in their eyes, in order to prove who they are
- Evade - to avoid or escape from someone or something
- Privacy - the freedom to do things without other people watching you or knowing what you are doing
- Solely - involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned
- Short-sighted - not thinking enough about how an action will affect the future
- Collate -to bring together different pieces of written information so that the similarities and differences can be seen
- Vast - extremely big
- Database - a large amount of information stored in a computer system in such a way that it can be easily looked at or changed
- Apex - the top or highest part of something
- Violate - to do something that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Meanwhile - until something expected happens, or while something else is happening
- Weeding somebody out - to get rid of unwanted things or people from a group
- Ghost - fake
- Beneficiaries - people who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of something else
- Leeway - freedom to act within particular limits
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Passing the Tests: another win for team India against Australia"
- Victory - an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc
- Picturesque - a picturesque place or scene is attractive and interesting
- Sporting - relating to sport, or used in sport
- Witnessed - to see something happen
- Remarkable - unusual in a way that surprises or impresses you
- Skipper - someone who is in charge of a team (captain)
- Owing to - because of something
- Injury - physical damage done to a person or a part of their body
- Coped - to deal successfully with a difficult situation or job
- Stepped up - to take action when there is a need or opportunity for it
- Aggression - forceful playing in sport that is intended to win points
- Astutely - able to understand a situation quickly and see how to take advantage of it
- Meagre - smaller or less than you want or need
- Campaign - a series of actions by a team trying to win a sport
- Commenced - to begin
- Rousing - making people feel excited and proud or ready to take action
- Incidentally - in a way that is not planned
- Acme - the highest possible standard of something
- Rarefied - (of air) with little oxygen
- Ebbing away - to becomes less strong or disappear
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Temperament - the part of your character that affects your moods and the way you behave
- Bogged down - to be/become so involved in something difficult or complicated that you cannot do anything else
- Hindsight - the opportunity to judge or understand past events using knowledge that you have gained since then
- Reality-check - an occasion that causes you to consider the facts about a situation and not your opinions, ideas, or beliefs
- Parity - a situation in which different people or things are equal
- Joust - to argue or compete
- Sledging - in cricket, remarks or behaviour that is intended to make an opponent feel less confident
- Mudslinging - the practice of saying things publicly that are intended to harm someone’s reputation
- Riveting - extremely interesting or exciting
- Exalted - an exalted position is an important position in an organization or in society
- Counterpart - someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another person or thing, but in a different country, time, situation, or organization
- Flourish - to be very successful
- Prevail - to defeat someone in a game, competition, argument etc
- Resilience - someone’s ability to become healthy, happy, or strong again after an illness, disappointment, or other problem
- Fulcrum - the person or thing that everything else depends on
- Duo - two people
- Consistent - not changing in behaviour, attitudes, or qualities
- Former - the first of two people
- Amassed - to get a large amount of something
- Sparkled - if a person or performance sparkles, they are energetic, interesting, and exciting
- Atop - at the top of something
- Prosper - to be successful
- Inherent - an inherent quality is a basic or essential feature that gives something its character
- Bias - a special interest or ability in a particular thing
- Mettle - the determination and ability to deal with problems and difficult situations
- Albeit - used for introducing a comment that slightly changes or reduces the effect of what you said before it
- Overseas - in, from, or to other countries
- Glitzy - bright, exciting, and attractive but with no real value
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