English Vocabulary from
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Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Facing up to IT: On visa rules posing challenge to Indian IT companies"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "No full stops: On Bhutan’s exit from the ‘BBIN’ agreement"
- SPECTACULAR - beautiful in a dramatic and eye - catching way
- PROTECTIONISM - the theory or practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition by taxing imports
- SLEW - turn or slide violently or uncontrollably
- PERSONNEL - people employed in an organization or engaged in an organized undertaking such as military service.
- RHETORIC - language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
- SCRAPPED - abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law).
- JUNKING - discard or abandon unceremoniously
- GAGUE - an instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something
- TRANSITION - the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.
- AMID - surrounded by; in the middle of
- LEGISLATION - laws, considered collectively
- OUTSOURCING - obtain (goods or a service) by contract from an outside supplier.
- NAVIGATING - sail or travel over (a stretch of water or terrain), especially carefully or with difficulty
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "No full stops: On Bhutan’s exit from the ‘BBIN’ agreement"
- MOOTED - raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility)
- TO PLY - to sell or to work regularly at something
- TRUNCATE - shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end
- CONSCIOUSNESS - the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings
- RATIFY - sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid
- PERSEVERE - continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success
- CIRCUMVENTING - find a way around (an obstacle).
- CIRCUITOUS - (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
- ASSUAGED - make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
- RIVERINE - relating to or situated on a river or riverbank; riparian
- SPUR - a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.
- OVERHAUL - take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if necessary
- DIALOGUE - talk, communication, interchange, discourse, argument
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