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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "On Kerala conversion case: Choice & conversion"
- Conversion - a change in someone’s beliefs, especially their religious beliefs
- Muddled - badly organized or confusing
- Curiouser - more and more curious
- Entrusted - assign the responsibility for doing something to someone
- Adjudicate - to make an official decision about a problem or disagreement
- Voluntary - a voluntary action is done because you choose to do it, and not because you have to
- Embarked on - to start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult and will take time
- Roving - travelling from place to place
- Radicalise - to make someone become more radical (= extreme) in their political or religious beliefs
- Inexplicably - unable to be explained or understood
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Circumstance - a fact or condition that affects a situation
- Annul - to state officially that something such as a marriage, an agreement, or an election has no legal authority
- Stakeholder - someone who has an interest in the success of a plan, system, or organization
- Concerned - involved in something, or affected by something
- Comprehend - to understand something
- Veracity - truth, or honesty
- Claim - to say that something is true, even though there is no definite proof
- Plea - an urgent or emotional request for something
- Radical group - a radical group believes that important political or social changes are necessary
- Purported - said by some people to be real or true, but not proved to be real or true
- Ruse - a plan or trick used for hiding your true intentions
- Scuttle - to make a plan, agreement, attempt etc fail or stop
- Proceedings - the actions taken, usually in court, to settle a legal matter
- Annull - to state officially that something such as a marriage, an agreement, or an election has no legal authority
- Sham - something that people pretend is good, serious, or honest but is really not
- Observation - a written or spoken comment about something
- Vulnerable - easily damaged by something negative or harmful
- Nominate - to officially suggest that someone should be given a job
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue
- Presumably - used for saying that you think something is true based on what you know, although you are not really certain
- Safeguard - to protect something or someone from being harmed or having problems
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
- Maintain - to continue to say that something is true, even if other people do not believe you
- Apprehension - the act of arresting someone
- Failed to cut any ice - to fail to impress or influence someone
- Curtailment - the action or fact of reducing or restricting something
- Volition - the power or ability to decide something by yourself and to take action to get what you want
- Strive - to make a lot of effort to achieve something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Son vs Bezos at India’s e-commerce market"
- Upping - increasing
- Stake - the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it
- Equity - the value of a property after you have taken away the amount left to pay on the mortgage (=money borrowed to buy it)
- Backed - supported
- War chest - money that a political party or a business has available to spend on something such as an election campaign or a business deal
- Sustain - to provide the conditions in which something can happen or exist
- Giant - a very large and successful company
- Surpass - to be better or greater than something else
- Venture - a new business or activity
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Take on - to fight or compete against someone
- Allure - a special, exciting, and attractive quality that someone or something has
- Rapid - happening, moving, or acting quickly
- Pace - speed
- Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- Predominantly - mainly, or mostly
- Bricks-and-mortar - a house, flat, or other building considered as property
- Retail - relating to the sale of goods directly to the public for their own use
- Pursuit - the process of trying to achieve something
- Compensate - to change or remove the bad result of something
- Startup - a small business that is just being started
- Backing - support, help, or active approval
- Rejuvenate - to make something such as an organization, system, or place good or effective again
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Evolve - to gradually change and develop over a period of time
- Strategy - a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time
- Regardless of - without being affected or influenced by anything else that happens or exists
- Consumer - someone who buys and uses goods and services
- Woo - to try to persuade people to support you or to buy something from you, especially by saying and doing nice things
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