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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Facts in fiction: on 'Mersal' row"
- Fiction - books, stories and movies about imaginary events and people
- Row - a noisy argument or fight
- Intolerance - someone’s refusal to accept behaviour, beliefs, or opinions that are different from their own
- Ignorance - lack of knowledge or facts about a situation or a particular subject
- Incontrovertible - true and impossible to doubt
- Ferreting out - to discover information by searching for it in a determined way
- Contemporary - modern, or relating to the present time
- Touchstone - a standard that is used for testing or judging other things
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Offend - to make someone upset and angry by doing or saying something
- Affront - something insulting that makes you shocked and angry
- Communal - relating to a particular community
- Heritage - the art, buildings, traditions, and beliefs that a society considers important to its history and culture
- Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Perceive - to understand or think about something in a particular way
- Harass - to keep annoying or upsetting someone
- Dissent - to express strong disagreement
- Cynical - used to say that someone's feelings or emotions are used to your own advantage
- Absurdity - the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable
- Criticism - comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad
- Ludicrous - extremely silly
- Satire - the use of humour to criticize someone or something and make them seem silly
- Allegory - a story, play, or poem in which the events and characters are used as symbols in order to express a moral, religious, or political idea
- Hyperbole - a way of emphasizing what you are saying by describing it as far more extreme than it really is
- Take aback - to surprise or shock someone so much that they do not know how to behave for a short time
- Intimidate - to deliberately make someone feel frightened, especially so that they will do what you want
- Groundswell - a sudden increase in people’s feelings about something
- Fraternity - feelings of friendship, trust, and support between people
- Bolster - to make something stronger or more effective
- Farcical - something that is farcical is so badly organized, unsuccessful, or unfair that it seems silly
- Arm-twisting - an attempt to persuade, threaten, or force someone to do something that they do not want to do
- Chilling - making you feel suddenly very frightened or worried
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The Abe manoeuvre"
- Manoeuvre - an action or movement that you need care or skill to do
- Constitutional - allowed by the constitution of a country or organization
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Resounding - complete: used for emphasizing how successful or unsuccessful someone or something is
- Diet - the national parliament in some countries, for example Japan
- Incumbent - someone who has an official position
- Vindication - to prove that what someone said or did was right or true, after other people thought it was wrong:
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Conservative - not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society
- Premier - best, largest, or most important
- Verdict - an official judgment
- Requisite - necessary for a particular purpose
- Mandate - the authority of an elected government or official to do the things that they promised to do before an election
- Scepticism - doubts that someone has about something that other people think is true or right
- Amend - to make changes to a document, law, agreement etc, especially in order to improve it
- Intact - not harmed, damaged, or lacking any parts as a result of something that has happened
- Escalate - to become much worse or more serious, or to make something do this
- Belligerence - very unfriendly and angry
- Plebiscite - a vote by everyone in a country about a very important issue
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Foregone conclusion - a result that you can be certain about before it happens
- Charismatic - a charismatic person has a strong personal quality that makes other people like them and be attracted to them
- Orientation - the particular interests, aims, and emphasis of a business, political group, or other organization
- Nominee - someone who has been officially suggested for a job or a prize
- Stimulate - to encourage something to happen, develop, or improve
- Assessment - the process of making a judgment or forming an opinion, after considering something or someone carefully
- Sustained - continuing at the same level or rate for a long time
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Stimulus - anything that encourages something to happen, develop, or improve
- Critic - someone who does not like something and states their opinion about it
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Overplay - to treat something as being more important or more serious than it really is
- Controversial - a controversial subject, opinion, or decision is one that people disagree about or do not approve of
- Calibrated - measured and careful
- Declining - becoming less or worse
- Host - to arrange a special event and provide the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
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