English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Merkel’s world — On German polls"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Merkel’s world — On German polls"
- Chancellor - the leader of the government in some countries, for example Germany and Austria
- Domestically - relating to the country being talked about, not other countries
- Consecutive - following one after another in order and with nothing else in between
- Mandate - the authority of an elected government or official to do the things that they promised to do before an election
- Watershed - an event that causes an important change to take place
- Bracing - shocking or unexpected in a way that is good because it makes people notice or think about something
- Predominant - most important or powerful
- Creed - a set of beliefs
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Instinct - a natural ability to know what to do in a particular situation
- Caution - careful thought and lack of hurry in order to try to avoid risks or danger
- Pragmatism - a practical way of thinking or dealing with problems that emphasizes results and solutions more than theories
- Stance - an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
- Trait - a distinguishing quality or characteristic
- Assiduously - showing hard work, care, and attention to detail
- Cultivate - to develop something such as an attitude, ability, or skill
- Turn the page - to make a fresh start
- Ample - enough, and often more than you need
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Embrace - to completely accept something such as a new belief, idea, or way of life
- Chagrin - a feeling of being very annoyed, disappointed, or embarrassed
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Anodyne - containing nothing that will offend anyone or cause disagreements
- Ideology - a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based
- Ambiguity - a confusing mixture of feelings or ideas that makes something hard to understand
- Deftly - skilfully, cleverly, or quickly
- Blunt - saying what you think without trying to be polite or considering other people's feelings
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Pandering to someone/something - to do or say what someone wants in order to please them, even though you know it is not right
- Populist - representing the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Surge - a sudden increase in something such as price, value, or interest
- Plunge - to fall quickly from a high position
- Incumbent - someone who has an official position
- Erosion - the gradual reduction or destruction of something important
- Fortune - a lot of money / success
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- Well-being - the satisfactory state that someone or something should be in,
- Verdict - an opinion that you have or a decision that you make
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Arch-rival - the main person, company etc that you compete with in politics, sport, business etc
- Mocking - mocking behaviour involves laughing at someone or something in an unkind way
- Nonetheless - despite what has just been said
- Decline - to become less or worse
- Mainstream - considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people
- Fragmentation - the process of breaking into many pieces or separate parts
- Conversely - used for introducing a sentence, or part of a sentence, which says something that is the opposite of the other part
- Implication - a possible effect or result
- Speculation - the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain
- Sheer - used for emphasizing the amount or degree of something
- Longevity - the fact of having a long life or existence
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Legacy - something that someone has achieved that continues to exist after they stop working or die
- Revitalising - to make something that is failing or weak become strong and successful again
- Counter - an action that you take in order to oppose or stop something or reduce its negative effect
- Agenda - a list of aims or possible future achievements
- Victory - the fact of winning a competition
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Worrying downgrade — On snow leopard conservation"
- Downgrade - to reduce someone or something to a lower rank or position
- Conservation - the protection of plants and animals, natural areas, and interesting and important structures and buildings, especially from the damaging effects of human activity
- Elusive - an elusive person or animal is difficult or impossible to find or catch
- Charismatic - a charismatic person or animal has a strong personal quality that makes others like them and be attracted to them
- Endangered - a type of animal or plant that may soon become extinct (=disappear from the world)
- Genuine - honest and sincere
- Vulnerable - weak or easy to hurt physically or mentally
- Persuasive - good at making people agree to do or believe what you want them to
- Habitat - the type of place that a particular animal usually lives in or a particular plant usually grows in
- Alpine - relating to high mountains
- Collaborative - involving people or groups working together to produce something
- Ecosystem - all the plants and animals in a particular area, considered as a system with parts that depend on one another
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Merely - only / just
- On account of - because of someone or something
- Threshold - a level at which something happens
- Intensify - if something intensifies, or if you intensify it, it becomes greater, stronger, or more extreme
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Disservice - to do something that makes people’s opinion of someone or something not as good as it should be
- Trafficking - illegal trade (illegal buy or sell of people / animals / drugs / weapons etc)
- Hostility - opposition to something
- Livestock - animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs that are kept on farms
- Preying on - to hunt another creature in order to eat it
- Cumulatively - in a way that increases in quantity, degree
- Insulate - to protect someone / something from harmful experiences
- Pastoral - relating to life in the countryside
- Grazing - to put an animal in a place where it can eat grass
- Withstand - to be strong enough not to be harmed or destroyed by something
- Refuge - a place where you go to protect yourself from something dangerous or threatening
- Misread - to understand or judge a person or situation wrongly
- Incompatible - ideas, systems, or machines that are incompatible are not able to work or exist together because of basic differences
- Mining - the process of getting coal or metal from under the ground
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