English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 20th April 2017

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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 20th April 2017. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "IMD forecast: Clouds of prosperity"

• Forecast - predict or estimate (a future event or trend)
• Prosperity - the situation of being successful and having a lot of money
• Monsoon - a period of heavy rain in India and Southeast Asia
• Galvanise - to cause someone to suddenly take action, especially by shocking or exciting them in some way
  
• Make the most of something - to take full advantage of something because it may not last long
• Meteorology - the scientific study of weather
• Ecology - the study of the environment and the way that plants, animals, and humans live together and affect each other
• Consecutive - following one after another in order and with nothing else in between
• Drought - a long period when there is little or no rain
• Prospect - the possibility that something good might happen in the future
• Enhanced - better than before
• Conflict - fighting between two or more groups of people or countries
• Efficacy - the ability, especially of a medicine or a method of achieving something, to produce the intended result
• Initiative - a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem
• Harness - to control something
• Resilience - the ability of a substance or object to return to its original shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed
• Fraught with - full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers
• Uncertainty - a situation in which something is not known, or something that is not known or certain
• Off the mark - incorrect or inaccurate
• Dynamic - continuously changing or developing
• Assessment - the process of making a judgment or forming an opinion, after considering something or someone carefully
• Phenomena - situations
• Onset - the beginning of something, especially something bad
• El Niño - a change in the currents of the Pacific Ocean off the South American coast that can seriously affect the weather in the region, often causing major problems such as floods
• Keenly - if you watch something keenly, you look closely at it and notice everything about it
• Sustain - continuing for a long time
• Livelihood - something such as your work that provides the money that you need to live
• In spite of something - used for referring to a fact that makes something else surprising
• Outlay - an amount of money spent for a particular purpose
• Irrigation - the supply of water to land or crops to help growth
• Impact - an effect, or an influence
• Disproportionately - to an extent that is too large or too small in comparison with something else
• Surplus - (an amount that is) more than is needed
• Underscores - to emphasize
• Look ahead - to think about what will happen in the future and plan for these events
• Harvesting - the process of collecting a natural resource to use it effectively
• Aiding - helping / supporting
• Cyclical - recurrent
• Distress - a feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain
• Sown - to put seeds in or on the ground so that plants will grow
• Catchment - the action of collecting water, especially the collection of rainfall over a natural drainage area
• Incentivise - to make someone want to do something

Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "UK Elections: a June date for Theresa May"

• Hold all the cards - to be in a good position to beat or defeat someone because you have all the advantages
• Snap election - an election called earlier than expected
• Caught by surprise - to surprise someone, esp. in a way that makes the person feel confused or uncertain
• The  House of Commons - one of the two parts of parliament in the UK and Canada, whose members are each elected to represent a particular official area of the country, or its members, or the place where it meets
• Endorse - to make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone
• Advancing - moving forwards or progressing
• Thumping - very big or important
• Conservative - not usually liking or trusting change, especially sudden change
• Stepped down - to leave an official position or job, especially so that someone else can take your place
• Brexit - an exit (= act of leaving) by the United Kingdom from the European Union (short for "British exit"):
• Referendum - an occasion when everyone in a country can vote to make a decision about one particular subject
• Tories - members of the British Conservative Party
• Internecine - internecine war or fighting happens between members of the same group, religion, or country
• Feud - an argument that has existed for a long time between two people or groups, causing a lot of anger or violence
• Brutal - cruel, violent, and completely without feelings
• Come a long way - to have advanced to an improved or more developed state
• Apparatus - an organization or system, especially a political one
• Marginalise - to treat someone or something as if they are not important
• Troublemaker - someone who intentionally causes problems for other people, especially people who are in a position of power or authority
• Eurosceptic - a person, especially a politician, who opposes closer connections between Britain and the European Union
• Perception - a belief or opinion, often held by many people and based on how things seem
• Hurdle - a problem that you have to deal with before you can make progress
• Immigrants - a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently
• Legislative - relating to laws or to the process of creating new laws
• Resistance - the ability not to be affected or harmed by something
• Bargain - an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to do something in exchange for something else
• Reasonable - acceptable
• Appreciation - the act of recognizing or understanding that something is valuable, important, or as described
• Emerging - starting to exist
• Transition - a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which this happens
• Jurisdiction - the authority of a court or official organization to make decisions and judgments
• Aftermath - the period that follows an unpleasant event or accident, and the effects that it causes
• The hustings - the political activities and speeches that happen before an election and are intended to win votes
• Demoralise - to make someone or something feel much less confident
• Oblige - to force someone to do something, or to make it necessary for someone to do something
• Fait accompli - something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed
• Of little consequence - not important
• Stiffer -  severe and difficult

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