English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : " Babri Masjid demolition trials: Ayodhya again"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Beacons curb: Red, blue, ordinary"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : " Babri Masjid demolition trials: Ayodhya again"
- Demolition - the act of destroying something, such as a building or other structure
- Trial - the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent
- Breathes new life into something - to provide something with new ideas, new energy etc, so that it improves and is more likely to be successful again
- Moribund - not active or successful
- Prosecution - the process or act of accusing someone of a crime and asking a court of law to judge them
- A new lease of life - a change to something that makes it more modern or useful
- Reinforce - if something reinforces an idea or opinion, it provides more proof or support for it and makes it seem true
- Resolution - the act of solving or ending a problem or difficulty
- Horribly - extremely, especially in a very bad or unpleasant way
- Mere - only / just
- Technicality - a minor detail of the law that can lead to an unfair result
- Numberless - too many to be counted
- Inciting - to encourage people to be violent or commit crimes by making them angry or excited
- Ill-will - a strong feeling that you dislike someone and wish them harm
- Hatred - a very strong feeling that you dislike someone or something very much
- Proceedings - the actions taken, usually in court, to settle a legal matter
- Regrettable - making you feel sad or sorry because something happened that you wish had not happened
- Communal - relating to a particular community
- Disharmony - a situation in which people are angry and arguing with each other
- Had a bearing on something - to have an influence on something
- Reprisal - something unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy or opponent because of something bad that they have done to you
- Mired - caught in an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from
- Stagnation - a situation in which there is no progress or development
- Apathy - a feeling of having no interest in or enthusiasm about anything, or of not being willing to make any effort to change things
- Reinforce - if something reinforces an idea or opinion, it provides more proof or support for it and makes it seem true
- Revive - to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use
- Conspiracy - the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal
- Significant - very important
- Allegedly - if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
- Pull down - to destroy a building
- Embarrassment - a feeling of being nervous or ashamed because of what people know or think about you
- Has a hollow ring - to not seem sincere or real
- Fast-tracking - to make something happen, develop, or progress more quickly than usual
- Draws a curtain - to end something
- Nursed - to spend a lot of time on something
- Ambition - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve
- Continuance - the process of continuing
- Charge-sheet - to accuse someone officially of committing a crime and ask them to reply to the charge or defend themselves
- Predicament - a difficult or unpleasant situation that is not easy to get out of
- Propriety - behaviour that follows accepted social or moral standards
- Fateful - having an important and usually negative effect on the future
- Immunity - a situation in which you are protected against disease or from legal action
- Gubernatorial - relating to a governor
- Demit - to resign from (an office)
- Compulsion - a very strong feeling of wanting to do something repeatedly that is difficult to control
- Waxe eloquent - to speak or write in the stated way
- Probity - complete honesty
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Beacons curb: Red, blue, ordinary"
- Beacon - lights on the top of the vehicles of VIPs
- Curb - to control or limit something
- Assault - a strong criticism / attack
- Disallow - to say officially that something cannot be accepted because it is illegal or not allowed by the rules
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Dignitary - someone who has an important official position
- Privilege - a special benefit that is available only to a particular person or group
- Exalted - an exalted position is an important position in an organization or in society
- Sporting - showing
- Amend - to change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document
- Distinction - a difference between two similar things
- Depict - to represent or show something
- Hierarchy - a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance
- Denial - the fact of not allowing someone to do or have something
- Low-hanging fruit - something that can be achieved very easily
- Regime - a particular government or a system or method of government
- Street cred - respect or admiration among young fashionable people, especially in a city
- For instance - for example
- Hue - a different type or group
- Dismantle - to get rid of a system or organization, usually over a period of time
- Doing away with something - to get rid of something or stop using something
- Colonial - relating to a system or period in which one country rules another
- Overhang - to have a negative effect on a situation
- Enforcing - to make people obey a law, or to make a particular situation happen or be accepted
- Pat-down - to search someone for weapons, drugs, etc. by touching their clothes
- Numerous - many
- Entitlement - something that you have a right to do or have, or the right to do or have something
- Assert - to do something to show that you have power
- Feudal - relating to the social system, in which land belonged to powerful lords and the people they allowed to live on the land had to work and fight for them
- Proximity - how near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time
- Intimately - in a close and personal way
- Requisite - necessary or needed for a particular purpose
- Sloth - unwillingness to work or make any effort
- Bullying - behaviour that frightens or hurts someone smaller or weaker
- A level playing field - a situation in which everyone has the same chance of succeeding
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