English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "His Mugabe moment? — On the backlash to President Jacob Zuma's power grab"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Track to efficiency: On creating a Rail Development Authority"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "His Mugabe moment? — On the backlash to President Jacob Zuma's power grab"
- Backlash - a strong, negative, and often angry reaction to something that has happened, especially a political or social change
- Trigger - an event or situation, etc. that causes something to start
- Resistance - the act of refusing to accept something
- Anticipated - to imagine or expect that something will happen
- Various - many different
- Colleague - one of a group of people who work together
- Shuffle - an occasion when the positions of people or things within a particular group are changed
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Tottering - to become weaker and less likely to carry on existing
- Ailing - experiencing difficulty and problems
- Laureate - a person who has been given a very high honour because of their ability in a subject of study
- Protester - someone who shows that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Resign - to give up a job or position by telling your employer that you are leaving
- Rand - the standard unit of money used in South Africa
- Prospect - the possibility that something good might happen in the future
- Stepping down - to leave an important job or position, especially to allow someone else to take your place
- Unlikely - not probable or likely to happen
- Successor - someone or something that comes after another person or thing
- Glory - admiration and praise that you get because you have done something impressive
- Split over something - to be unable to agree about something
- Shake-up - a large change in the way something is organized
- Jittery - feeling nervous and upset, and sometimes being unable to keep still because of this
- Tainted - spoiled; damaged in quality, taste, or value
- Scandal - an action or event that causes a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval
- Manoeuvre - a cleverly planned action that is intended to get an advantage
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Secular - not having any connection with religion
- Integrity - the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change
- Key - very important and having a lot of influence on other people or things
- Ruling - a decision
- Reimburse - to pay back money to someone who has spent it for you or lost it because of you
- Monies - amounts of money
- Dispute - an argument or disagreement
- Allegedly - to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
- Apartheid - a political system in which people of different races are separated
- Ethos - the set of beliefs, ideas, etc. about the social behaviour and relationships of a person or group
- Vibrant - energetic, exciting, and full of enthusiasm
- Neighbouring - neighbouring places are next to or near each other
- Predatory - treating other people badly for your own benefit
- Elite - the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in a society
- Sacking - an act of removing someone from a job
- Echo - a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else
- Tendency - if someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or like it
- Use the race card - to try to gain an advantage by drawing attention to someone's race or to issues of race
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Deprived - not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as enough money, food, or good living conditions
- Masses - the ordinary people who form the largest group in a society
- Prosperity - the state of being successful and having a lot of money
- Laid the foundations - to produce the basic ideas or structures from which something much larger develops
- Take the reins - to take control of something, especially an organization or a country
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Track to efficiency: On creating a Rail Development Authority"
- Paradigm shift - a time when the usual and accepted way of doing or thinking about something changes completely
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Reform - to make an improvement
- Infrastructure - the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively
- Unmet - not satisfied, or achieved
- Aspiration - something that you hope to achieve
- Freight - goods / the money paid for transporting goods
- Empowered - confident and in control of your life
- Regulator - an official who makes certain that the companies who operate a system, such as the national electricity supply, work effectively and fairly
- Optimally - in the best or most favourable way
- Overcoming - to defeat or succeed in controlling or dealing with something
- Inefficiencies - a situation in which someone or something fails to use resources such as time, materials, or labour in an effective way
- Intertwined - twisted together or closely connected so as to be difficult to separate
- Detrimental - harmful or damaging
- Massive - very large in size, amount, or number
- Conversely - from a different and opposite way of looking at this
- Robust - strongly
- Expansion - the process of increasing in size
- Reconcile - to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Declining - reducing
- Freight - the money paid for transporting goods
- Facilitate - to make something possible or easier
- Monopolistic - the situation in which an organization or group has complete control of something
- De-risk - to make something safer by reducing the possibility that something bad will happen and that money will be lost
- Besides - in addition to; also
- Inducting - to officially accept someone / something
- Interior - the inside part of something
- Obligation - something that you must do for legal or moral reasons
- Sequential - following a particular order
- Sustainable - able to continue over a period of time
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