English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Starting over: On Rahul’s elevation"
- Starting over - to begin to do something again
- Elevation - the fact of being given a more important position
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Step up - to increase something
- Unopposed - if someone does something unopposed, no one competes against them or tries to stop them
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Home turf - the place at which one has influence
- Devastating - causing a lot of harm or damage
- Haul - to succeed in reaching a higher position using a lot of effort
- Undeterred - continuing to do something even though you are not successful or people do not support you
- Pundit - someone who is an expert in a subject, and is often asked to talk to the public about that subject
- Misstep - a mistake, especially one caused by bad judgment
- Retreat - to change your ideas, opinion, or decision because of criticism or opposition from other people
- Constitute - if several people or things constitute something, they combine to form it
- Swiftness - the quality of moving at high speed.
- Loyalist - someone who supports their government, especially during a revolution
- Decisiveness - the ability to make decisions quickly and effectively
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Cohesive - combining well to form a strong well-organized unit
- Edge out - to beat someone in something such as a competition or election by a small amount
- Terrain - an area of land, when considering its natural features
- Obvious - clear to almost anyone
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Forge - to work hard to achieve something
- Painstakingly - very carefully and thoroughly
- Transitional - temporary, or in the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Offshoot - a company, group, or organization that has developed from a larger one
- Articulate - able to express your thoughts, arguments, and ideas clearly and effectively
- Outlook - an idea about what a situation will be like in the future
- Agenda - all the things that need to be done or that need to be thought about or solved
- Spell out - to say or explain something very clearly because someone has not understood something
- Welfare - the health and happiness of people
- Suffice - to be enough
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Unedifying campaign: On Gujarat polls"
- Unedifying - unpleasant and without any useful or positive features
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Substance - the quality of being important, real, or useful, or something that shows this quality
- Riddled with something - full of something
- String of - a group of similar or connected things
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Deflect - to direct criticism, attention, or blame away from yourself towards someone else
- Rash - careless or unwise, without thought for what might happen or result
- Intemperate - unreasonable and showing a lack of control
- Broadly - in a way that includes a large number of people or things
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Ironically - used for saying that a situation has developed in an unexpected and sometimes humorous way
- Bizarre - strange and difficult to explain
- Jarring - surprising, or slightly shocking
- Accusing - intended to show someone that you think they have done something wrong
- Colluding - to work secretly with someone to do something dishonest
- Accusation - a claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong
- Allegation - a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal
- Laughable - very silly, or unreasonable
- Clutch - to hold someone or something firmly
- Diplomat - an official whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country
- Collusion - the secret activities of people who work together to do something dishonest
- Unseemly - unseemly behaviour is embarrassing or upsets people because it is not suitable in a particular situation
- Rancour - a feeling of hate or anger that lasts a long time
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Consequence - a result or effect of something
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- Pollster - a person or organization that prepares a poll
- Predict - to say what you think will happen in the future
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- In the face of something - in a situation where you have to deal with something unpleasant or difficult
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Cobble something together - to do or make something quickly and not very carefully
- Spearheaded - to lead an organized effort or activity
- Palpably - if a mood or feeling is palpable, it is so strong that you seem to feel it physically yourself
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