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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Warm in Washington: Modi in U.S."
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Warm in Washington: Modi in U.S."
- Muted - not as strong or extreme as usual
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Rested on something - to be based on something
- Fuel - to make something increase or become worse, especially something unpleasant
- Tariff - a tax that a government charges on goods that enter or leave their country
- Immigrant - someone who comes to live in a country from another country
- Bonhomie - a friendly happy feeling
- Perceive - to understand or think about something in a particular way
- Emphasis - special importance or attention that is given to one thing in particular
- Forge - to develop a successful relationship, especially in business or politics, with another country, organization, or person
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Territorial - relating to the land of a particular country
- Sovereignty - the right of a country to rule itself
- Strategic - carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal, especially in war, business, or politics
- Convergence - a situation in which people or things gradually become the same or very similar
- Divergence - a difference in the way that two or more things develop from the same thing
- Veiled - not direct or expressed clearly
- On the front burner - getting or needing immediate attention
- Deficit - the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes
- Innovation - a new idea, method, piece of equipment etc
- Articulate - able to express your thoughts, arguments, and ideas clearly and effectively
- Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
- Handicap - something that makes it difficult for you to do something
- Substantive - important or serious, or referring to the most important or serious issues
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The Marawi siege: IS enters Philippines"
- Siege - a situation in which a group of people surround a building in order to protest about something or to force the people inside to come out
- Engulf - to cover or surround something in a way that harms or destroys it
- Armed - carrying a weapon, especially a gun
- Death toll - the number of people who are killed on a particular occasion
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Insurgency - an attempt by a group of people to take control of their country by force
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Emir - a male leader in a Muslim country
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Sniper - someone who shoots at people from a hidden place
- Minaret - a tall tower that is traditionally part of a mosque (a Muslim religious building) where someone stands to call people to prayer
- Mortar - a large short gun that is used for firing bombs and shells over short distances
- Reportedly - used for showing that you are not certain that something you are reporting is true
- Armament - weapons and military equipment used by an army, navy, air force etc
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Brutal - extremely violent
- Significance - the importance that something has because it affects other things
- Echoed - to express the ideas or feelings that someone else has expressed
- Foiled - prevented
- Injured - hurt in an accident or attack
- Traverse - to move over or across an area
- Notwithstanding - despite something
- Extremism - a tendency to have beliefs or opinions that are considered to be extremely unreasonable by most people
- Decisive - making the final result of a situation completely certain
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Hostility - unfriendly or threatening behaviour or feelings towards someone
- Humanitarian - relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
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