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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "End the violence: On Darjeeling imbroglio"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "End the violence: On Darjeeling imbroglio"
- Violence - actions or words that are intended to hurt people
- Imbroglio - a difficult, complicated, or embarrassing situation
- Empower - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Territorial - relating to the land of a particular country
- Administration - the activities involved in managing a business, organization, or institution
- Longstanding - having existed for a long time
- Wished away - to do nothing and hope that a problem will disappear
- Magic wand - an immediate and easy way of solving a problem
- Charisma - a strong personal quality that makes other people like you and be attracted to you
- Tactic - a particular method or plan for achieving something
- Tokenism - the practice of doing something in order to make people believe that you are being fair and including all types of people and issues when this is not really true
- Autonomous - an autonomous state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Agitation - a feeling of being worried or upset
- Rendering - the way that something is performed, written, drawn, etc
- Notion - knowledge or understanding of something
- Moot - no longer important, because a particular situation has changed or no longer exists
- Indigenous - naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place
- Stepping stone - a step in a process that helps you to move forward to another part of it
- Legitimate - fair and reasonable
- Grievance - a complaint about being treated in an unfair way
- Lackadaisical - doing something in a lazy or careless way that shows that you are not really interested in it
- Machiavellian - using clever tricks and dishonest methods to achieve an aim, especially in politics
- Dovetailing - to fit together, or to work together well
- Ad hocism - an organizations management style that doesn't plan ahead, responding to only urgent situations
- Tokenism - the practice of doing something in order to make people believe that you are being fair and including all types of people and issues when this is not really true
- In a bind - in a difficult, threatening, or embarrassing position
- Sympathetic - kind to someone who has a problem and willing to understand how they feel
- Allied - related because of having shared qualities or interests
- Articulate - able to express your thoughts, arguments, and ideas clearly and effectively
- Ambition - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve
- Proximate cause - something that is considered to be the direct cause of damage, loss, or injury
- Flare-up - to suddenly become angry or violent
- Separatist - a member of a group of people who want to be independent of a national, religious, or other group to which they belong
- Ploy - a way of tricking or confusing someone in order to get an advantage or to make them do what you want
- Undermine - to make something or someone become gradually less effective, confident, or successful
- Assuage - to make an unpleasant or painful feeling less severe
- Ramp up - a large increase in activity or in the level of something
- Agitation - a feeling of being worried or upset
- Whipping up - to encourage strong emotions or behaviour in people
- Chauvinism - a belief that your own country, race, sex, or group is better than any other
- Polarisation - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other
- Portend - to be a sign or warning of something that will happen
- Tamping down - to reduce the amount, level, size, or importance of something
- Abandon - to leave
- Intractable - very difficult or impossible to deal with
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Sunday revival: On Pakistan's victory in Champions Trophy"
- Revival - the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again
- Overcame - to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem
- Glimpse - an occasion when you see someone or something for a moment only
- Thumping - used for emphasizing how big or good something is
- Shredded - to destroy / cut something
- Reputation - the opinion that people have about how good or how bad someone or something is
- Unpredictable - changing often, in a way that is impossible to prepare for
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something
- Pay the price - to experience the bad result of something you have done
- High-stakes - a high-stakes activity or situation involves a lot of risk or serious consequences
- Stifling - a stifling environment does not encourage a relaxed and happy existence, or the development of new ideas
- Big-ticket - expensive
- Opt - to make a choice or decision from a range of possibilities
- Potent - powerful, or effective
- Emphatically - very firmly and clearly
- Wobbling - to lose confidence about doing something
- Precise - exact and accurate
- Wilted - to have less energy, confidence, or enthusiasm
- Outplay - to play much better than your opponent in a sport
- Concede - to stop trying to win a war, competition, or argument because you realize that you cannot win it
- Grapple - to fight with someone
- Revolt - to say that you will not accept someone’s authority or leadership
- Climactic - a climactic event, moment etc is the most exciting or important one in a series
- Soar - to quickly increase to a high level
- Abandoning - leaving
- Revival - the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again
- Silverware - a large silver cup that is given as a prize in a sports competition
- Significant - very important
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Redemption - an occasion when someone is saved from evil, suffering, etc
- Pedigreed - having a lot of experience or a good reputation in a particular activity or job
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