English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Kulbushan Jadhav death sentence: Risky, ill-considered"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Bypolls in Kashmir: A prolonged protest"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Kulbushan Jadhav death sentence: Risky, ill-considered"
- Death sentence - a legal punishment of a crime by death
- Threaten - to tell someone that you will kill or hurt them or cause problems if they do not do what you want
- Escalate - to make something much worse or more serious
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Fraught with - full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers
- Can ill afford - used for saying that someone should definitely not do something because it will cause problems
- Trial - the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent
- Glaring - used to say that something bad is very obvious
- Confession - the act of admitting that you have done something wrong or illegal
- Spliced - to join two pieces of rope, film, etc. together at their ends in order to form one long piece
- Transcript - an exact written copy of something
- Contradict - to say that the opposite of what someone has said is true
- Admissible - allowed or able to be used
- Corroborative - to add proof to a statement, idea, etc. with new information
- Back up - to support
- Claim - say that something is true, even though there is no definite proof
- Allegedly - if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
- Plotting - to make a secret plan with other people to do something bad
- Consular - a government official sent to live in another country and look after their own country’s citizens and business interests there
- Criticise - to say what you think is wrong or bad about something
- Retrial - a second trial in a court of law that takes place because the first trial was considered not to be fair or ended without a verdict
- Preferably - used for saying what someone would like or prefer
- Recourse - the use of something so that you can get what you want or need in a difficult situation
- Step up - to take action when there is a need or opportunity for it
- Keep something on the back burner - to decide not to deal with something until later
- Confining - limiting
- Fruitless - producing no good results, especially despite a lot of work
- Pursue - to try to achieve something
- Context - the general situation in which something happens
- Dispel - to get rid of unpleasant feelings or false beliefs
- Moreover - also and more importantly
- Consequence - a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient
- Breakdown - a failure to work or be successful
- Dialogue - formal talks between opposing countries, political groups, etc
- Sort out - to do what is necessary to deal with a problem, disagreement, or difficult situation successfully
- Sober - with a serious attitude
- Hangs in the balance - you do not know whether it will succeed or fail
- Proactive - taking action by causing change and not only reacting to change when it happens
- Flawed - not perfect, or containing mistakes
- Interlocutor - someone who is involved in a conversation
- Backchannel - to communicate or take part in discussions in a way that is not direct or made public
- Diplomacy - the management of relationships between countries
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Bypolls in Kashmir: A prolonged protest"
- Bypoll - an election held in a single political constituency to fill a vacancy arising during a government's term of office
- Prolonged - continuing for a long time
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Indifference - lack of interest or sympathy
- Violent - involving the use of physical force, with the deliberate intention of causing damage to property or injury or death to people
- Marring - to spoil something
- Constituency - a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament
- Resulting in something - to cause something, or to produce something
- Turnout - the number of people who are present at an event, especially the number who go to vote at an election
- Put something off - to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date
- Perforce - in a way that is necessary or that cannot be avoided
- Conducive - creating a situation that helps something to happen
- Certainly - used for emphasizing that something is definitely true or will definitely happen
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Provocation - something that causes you to react in an angry or violent way, often something that is intended to cause such a reaction
- Injure - hurt in an accident or attack
- Disrupt - to interrupt something and prevent it from continuing by creating a problem
- Heeded - to pay attention to something, especially advice or a warning
- Boycott - to not take part in an event, or to not buy or use something as a protest
- Farcical - something that is farcical is so badly organized, unsuccessful, or unfair that it seems silly
- Legitimacy - the fact that something is fair and reasonable / legal
- Unfold - if a situation or story unfolds, it develops or becomes clear to other people
- Set off - to cause something to operate, especially by accident
- Stone-pelting - to throw stones with force at someone or something
- Pellet - a small round piece of a substance
- Circumstance - a fact or condition that affects a situation
- Ideally - in the best possible way
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