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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 6th August 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Vice-President Naidu and BJP's long-term plans"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Vice-President Naidu and BJP's long-term plans"
- Long-term - continuing a long time into the future
- Rely - to depend on or trust someone or something
- Tact - a careful way of speaking or behaving that avoids upsetting other people
- Temperament - someone’s temperament is their basic character, for example their tendency to be happy, angry etc
- Apolitical - not connected with a particular political party
- Amiable - friendly and pleasant
- Cutting across something - to affect two or more different groups
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Portray - to show or describe someone or something in a particular way
- Face-off - a disagreement or fight between two people or groups
- Ceremonial - a ceremonial job exists for traditional reasons, and the person who has it does not have much power
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Akin to something - similar to something
- Fuss - a lot of unnecessary worry or excitement about something
- Zero in on someone/something - to start to give all your attention to a particular person or thing
- Prominent - important and well known
- Foray - an attempt at doing something new or something that you do not usually do
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you
- Ambitious plan - an ambitious plan, aim, or attempt is difficult and will need a lot of effort to succeed
- Portfolio - a particular job or area of responsibility of a member of a government
- Relinquish - to give up your power, position, or an advantage, especially when you do not want to do this
- Ruled out - to stop considering something as a possibility
- Detain - to keep someone in a particular place
- Scrap - to decide not to continue with something such as a plan or an event
- Primary - relating to the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven
- Elementary - relating to the first and most basic things that you learn about a subject
- Curious - someone who is curious wants to find out about something
- Exposure - the state of being put into a situation in which something harmful or dangerous might affect you
- Emphasise - to give particular importance or attention to something
- In spite of something - used for referring to a fact that makes something else surprising
- Contend with - to have to deal with problems or difficulties, especially in order to achieve something
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Dropout - someone who leaves school or college without finishing their course of study
- Bulwark - someone or something that protects or defends something such as a belief, idea, or way of life
- Trifle with something - to deal with something in a way that shows you do not have a serious attitude towards it
- Compensate - to behave in a way that is intended to reduce the effects of a personal fault
- Designated - marked, separated, or given a name for a particular purpose
- Fraught with - full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Notorious - famous for something bad
- Liberalise - to make laws or rules less strict so that people have more freedom
- Under the guise of - looking like someone or something else, or pretending to be them
- Era - a period of time that has a particular quality or character
- Robust - strong and successful
- Stigmatising - to treat a particular type of behaviour as wrong or embarrassing and to try to make people who behave in this way feel ashamed
- Progressive - progressive education aims to help children to develop all their abilities
- Avenue - one of the methods you can use to achieve something
- Ensuring - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Productivity - the rate at which goods are produced, especially in relation to the time, money, and workers needed to produce them
- Relegate - to move someone or something to a less important position
- Attainment - the process of achieving an aim or particular level of success
- On the contrary - used for emphasizing that something is true, even though it is the opposite of something that has been said
- Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
- Monitoring - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Vocational - a vocational course teaches the skills necessary for a particular job
- The onus - the responsibility or duty to do something
- Underprivileged - not having as many advantages or opportunities as most other people
- Citizenry - the citizens of a particular place considered as a group
- Outcome - final result of something
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