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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 24th December 2017 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Another fodder jolt: on Lalu Prasad's conviction"
- Fodder - food that is given to cows, horses, and other farm animals
- Jolt - an unpleasant shock or surprise
- Conviction - the fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime
- Hounding - chasing someone or to refuse to leave someone alone
- Conspiracy - the activity of secretly planning with other people to do something bad or illegal
- Fraudulently - dishonestly and illegally
- Treasury - the government department that is responsible for financial matters such as spending and tax
- Livestock - animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, or chickens
- Violate - to break or act against something, especially a law, agreement, principle, or something that should be treated with respect
- Jeopardy - in danger of being damaged or destroyed
- Embezzlement - to secretly take money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for
- Overarching - most important, because of including or affecting all other areas
- Exonerate - to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something
- Fortune - chance and the way it affects your life
- Fluctuating - to change frequently
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Short-lived - lasting for a short period of time
- Allegation - a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal
- Rupture - to (cause something to) explode, break, or tear
- Quid pro quo - something that is given to a person in return for something they have done
- Game-changing - affecting the result of a game very much
- Perceive - to understand or think about something in a particular way
- Bulwark - something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations
- Murky - used to describe a situation that is complicated and unpleasant
- Bleak - without any reasons to feel happy or hopeful
- Oblivion - the state of being completely forgotten
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Best year ever: on Indian cricket's exceptional 2017"
- Exceptional - much greater than usual, especially in skill, intelligence, quality, etc
- Wrap something up - to complete something successfully
- Spectacularly - in a very beautiful way that people admire
- Statistically - related to a group of numbers that represent facts or that describe a situation
- Conquer - to gain control of a situation or emotion by making a great physical or mental effort
- Merely - only / just
- Consolidate - to become, or cause something to become, stronger, and more certain
- Bullied - to hurt or frighten someone
- Blip - a temporary change that does not have any special meaning
- Unravel - begin to fail
- Feisty - active, forceful, and full of determination
- Inevitability - the quality of being certain to happen
- Adversary - an enemy
- Ruthlessly - not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruelly
- Glowering - looking very angry
- Breach - if you step into the breach, you do someone else's work when they are unable to do it
- Subtle - small but important
- Invariably - always, or almost always
- Discordant - not matching other things and therefore strange or unpleasant
- Harmonious - friendly and peaceful
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Derail - to prevent something from continuing in the way that it was planned
- Robust - strong and successful
- Fertile - able to produce good ideas or results
- Flourish - to be very successful
- Thrust - to put something somewhere with a quick hard push
- Empowering - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Smitten - seriously affected by something
- On the same page - to understand and agree with what is being done or suggested
- Significant - very important
- Sobering thought - making you think about things in a serious way
- Fissure - a long deep crack in something, especially the ground
- Fault line - a crack on the Earth’s surface / a problem that may not be obvious and could cause something to fail
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