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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A partisan ruling — on disqualification of dissident AIADMK MLAs"
- Partisan - strongly supporting a person, principle, or political party, often without considering or judging the matter very carefully
- Disqualification - a situation in which someone is not allowed to take part in something because they have committed an offence or have done something that is not allowed by the rules
- Dissident - someone who disagrees publicly with a government, especially in a country where this is not allowed
- Questionable - not certain, or wrong in some way
- Majority - the larger number or part of something
- Rebellion - an attempt to remove a government or leader by force
- Minority - a smaller number or part
- Indefensible - impossible to defend from criticism
- Reluctance - unwillingness to do something
- Floor test - a floor test is done to prove some type of majority (usually by head count) on the floor of the Parliament
- Thereby -because of, or by means of, what has just been mentioned
- Threshold - a limit at which an arrangement changes
- Loyalist - someone who supports their government, especially during a revolution
- Faction - a small group within a larger group, consisting of people with different opinions from the rest
- Dispensation - official permission to do something that people are not normally allowed to do
- Interprete - to translate what someone is saying in one language into another language so that someone else can understand it
- Memorandum - a short written statement containing information about a particular subject, passed between officials in a government or organization
- Voluntarily - of one's own free will
- Precisely - clearly
- Apprehension - a feeling of worry or fear that something bad might happen
- Regime - a system or form of government
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Apparent - easy to see or understand
- Whip - an official order to members of a political party to go to a particular debate and vote
- Disobey - to deliberately do the opposite of what someone in authority has told you to do, or deliberately not obey a rule
- Condone - to approve of behaviour that most people think is wrong
- Breach - a failure to follow a law or rule
- Circumstance - a fact or condition that affects a situation
- Quash - to use force or violence to stop the political action taken by a group of people
- Decline - to say politely that you will not accept something or do something
- Intervene - to become involved in a situation in order to try to stop or change it
- Hobnob - to spend time being friendly with someone who is important or famous
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Morality - a set of personal or social standards for good or bad behaviour and character
- Survive - to continue to exist, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation
- Truncate - made briefer or shorter
- Legitimacy - the quality of being legal
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "A hand from Hamas — on Palestinian reconciliation"
- Reconciliation - a new and friendly relationship with someone who you argued with or fought with
- Overture - a suggestion or offer that you make to someone
- Reviving - to become, or to make something become, active, successful, or popular again
- Dissolve - if a group or organization dissolves, or if someone dissolves it, it stops existing
- Common ground - something that people can agree about, especially when they disagree about other things
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Rapprochement - the development of greater understanding and friendship between two countries or groups after they have been unfriendly
- 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
- Blockade - to prevent people or goods from moving from one place to another
- Mount - to prepare for and begin an activity or event
- Resistance - the ability not to be affected or harmed by something
- Sticky - difficult or dangerous
- Bury the hatchet - to become friendly with someone again after a disagreement
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Moderation - opinions and actions, especially in politics, that are reasonable and not extreme
- Gradual - gradual processes and changes happen slowly and by small amounts
- Ally - a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war
- Impediment - something that makes it more difficult for someone to do something or more difficult for something to happen
- Stakeholder - someone who has an interest in the success of a plan, system, or organization
- Vis-à-vis - compared to or relating to someone or something
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