English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Cash and churn: on the R.K. Nagar bypoll result"
- Churn - the number of loyal voters who decide to stop voting a political party and vote another party
- Bypoll - an election held in a single political constituency to fill a vacancy arising during a government's term of office
- Instability - a situation that keeps changing, so that you are worried about what might happen
- Battlefront - the place where opposing armies engage in combat
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Split - to divide into smaller groups, or to divide people into smaller groups
- Erosion - the gradual reduction or destruction of something important
- Obvious - clear to almost anyone
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Forfeiting - to lose something valuable by making a mistake or by doing something wrong
- Runaway victory - something good that happens very quickly or easily
- Sow the seeds of something - to do something that makes a process or feeling start to develop
- Faction - a small group within a larger group, consisting of people with different opinions from the rest
- Allegiance - strong loyalty to a person, group, idea, or country
- Back - support
- Worst-case scenario - the most unpleasant or serious thing that could happen in a situation
- Consequence - a result or effect of something
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Legitimacy - the fact that something is legal
- Desertion - the act of leaving someone behind in a difficult situation
- Feeble - not strong enough to be seen or heard clearly (because you are old)
- Electioneering - things that politicians say and do to persuade people to vote for them in an election, often things that do not seem sincere or fair
- Prolonged - continuing for a long time
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "On the line: on India-China boundary talks"
- On the line - at risk
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Troop - soldiers, especially in large numbers
- Stand-off - a disagreement or fight in which neither opponent can do anything to win or achieve their aim
- Elevated - more important or higher in status
- Poised - about to do or achieve something after preparing for it
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Formulate - to develop a plan, system, or proposal carefully, thinking about all of its details
- Framework - a system of rules, laws, agreements etc that establish the way that something operates in business, politics, or society
- Demarcation - the process of establishing borders or limits between areas, groups, or things
- Mandate - an official order to do something
- Remit - a particular area of work that someone is responsible for
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Infer - to form an opinion about something that is based on information that you already have
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Transgression - an action that breaks a law or rule
- Amid - if something happens amid particular feelings or events, it happens while people have these feelings or while these events are happening
- Foray - a sudden quick attack on an enemy
- Contestation - the act of arguing or disagreeing about something
- Ambition - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve
- Vitiate - to destroy or damage something
- Assault - an attack by the armed forces
- Bid - to compete for a job / position
- In turn - as a result of something that is part of a connected series of events
- Quadrilateral - involving four groups
- Resolve - to solve a problem, or to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a disagreement
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