English Vocabulary from
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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 23rd April 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : " Murder at noon: On Maoists attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "A call for reform: On IMF's quota system"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : " Murder at noon: On Maoists attack in Chhattisgarh's Sukma"
- Ambush - an attack from a hidden position
- Battalion - a large group of soldiers that consists of three or more smaller groups
- Tragic - causing or involving great sadness, because someone suffers or dies
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Pose - to present a difficult or dangerous situation
- Neighbouring - near each other
- Precaution - something done to protect people or things against possible harm or trouble
- Insurgents - someone who belongs to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force
- Swooped - to make a sudden attack on a place or group of people in order to surround and catch them
- Presume - to think that something is true because it is likely, although you cannot be certain
- Eyewitness - someone who has seen something happen, especially a crime or an accident
- Account - a detailed description of how or why something happens
- Ambush - to attack someone after hiding and waiting for them
- Sway - to move slowly from side to side
- Strategy - a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time
- Infrastructure - the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively
- Double down - increase one's efforts or focus
- Isolation - the state of being separated from other people
- Morale - the amount of enthusiasm that a person or group of people feel about their situation at a particular time
- Spate - a large number of things of the same type, usually bad things, that suddenly happen in a very short period of time
- Breakdown - a situation in which something has failed or is beginning to fail
- Possibly - likely to happen or be true, but not certain
- On account of - because of someone or something
- Coordination - the process of organizing people or things in order to make them work together effectively
- Paramilitary - a paramilitary group is organized like an army but is not official and often not legal
- Averting - to prevent something bad or harmful from happening
- Vacant - if a job is vacant, someone is needed to do it
- Lapse - a short or temporary period when you fail or forget to do something in the right way
- Amplify - to increase the size or effect of something
- Inadequacy - a fault in someone or something that prevents them from reaching the standard that is needed or expected
- Grave - used for emphasizing how serious something is
- Oversight - something that you do not notice or think of that causes problems later
- Abdicate - to stop accepting a particular responsibility or obligation that you have
- Persuade - to cause someone to do something by being a good reason for doing it
- Murderous - extremely dangerous and likely to commit murder
- Welfare - the health and happiness of people
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Extractive - the process of removing something from a particular place
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "A call for reform: On IMF's quota system"
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Irrelevant - not important or not relevant to what you are discussing or doing
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Controversial - a controversial subject, opinion, or decision is one that people disagree about or do not approve of
- Quota - an amount of something that someone is officially allowed to have or do
- Shedding light - to provide an explanation for a situation
- Determine - to officially decide something
- Contingency - something done in order to prepare for a possible bad event
- Disposal - the process of getting rid of something
- Rapidly - quickly
- Context - the general situation in which something happens, which helps to explain it
- Reiterate - to repeat something in order to emphasize it or make it very clear to people
- Legitimacy - the fact that something is legal
- Credibility - qualities that someone / something has that make people believe or trust them
- Erode - to gradually reduce the strength or importance of something
- At stake - likely to be lost or damaged if something fails
- Potency - strength, influence, or effectiveness
- Keeping up with something - to continue to do or pay something
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Albeit - used for introducing a comment that slightly changes or reduces the effect of what you said before it
- Biased - preferring one person, thing, or idea to another in a way that is unfair
- For instance - for example
- Focal point - the most important, interesting, or attractive part of something, that you concentrate on or pay particular attention to
- Equitable - fair and reasonable because everyone is treated in the same way
- Superficially - in a small way; slightly
- Tinker - to make small changes to something, especially in an attempt to repair or improve it
- Outdated - old and no longer suitable for modern purposes, methods, or situations
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Diversify - to develop into something different
- Stance - an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
- Favouring - supporting / liking / preferring
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