English Vocabulary from
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Note : Click on the title to read the Editorial from the HINDU News Paper
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "On playing National Anthem in cinema halls: Not by diktat alone"
- Diktat - an order that must be obeyed, or the act of giving such an order
- Coercive - using force or threats to make someone do something
- Interim - temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent exists
- Anthem - a song that has special importance for a particular group of people, an organization, or a country, often sung on a special occasion
- Statutory - controlled by a law or statute
- Directive - an official instruction
- Mandatory - something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded by law
- Wisdom - the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments
- Patron - a person who uses a particular shop, restaurant, hotel, etc., especially regularly
- Patriotism - strong feelings of love, respect, and duty towards your country
- Unintended - not deliberate or planned
- Unforeseen - not expected
- Consequence - a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not convenient
- Audience - the group of people together in one place to watch or listen to a play, film, someone speaking etc
- Vigilantism - law enforcement undertaken without legal authority by a self-appointed group of people
- Harangue - to speak to someone or a group of people, often for a long time, in a forceful and sometimes angry way, especially to persuade them
- Constitutional - allowed by the constitution of a country or organization
- Singled out - to choose one person or thing from a group for special attention, especially criticism or praise
- Emphasis - the particular importance or attention that is given to something
- Prescribe - to tell someone what they must have or do, or to make a rule of something
- Presume - to believe something to be true because it is very likely, although you are not certain
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "On H-1B visa rules: Visa heartache"
- Heartache - feelings of great sadness
- Deport - to force someone to leave a country, especially someone who has no legal right to be there or who has broken the law:
- Alarmist - intentionally showing only the bad and dangerous things in a situation, and so worrying people
- Nail-biting - a nail-biting situation is very exciting or worrying because you do not know how it will end
- Scare - to (make a person or animal) feel frightened
- Toying with something - to consider or think about something in a not very serious way, and without making a decision
- Green card - a document giving someone who is not a US citizen permission to live and work in the US
- Contentious - causing or likely to cause disagreement
- Majority - the larger number or part of something
- Scooped up - to get something, usually something good or valuable, before someone else gets it
- Assimilate - to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc
- Backbone - the most important part of something, providing support for everything else
- Nevertheless - despite what has just been said or referred to
- Rhetoric - speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people
- Nuance - a very slight difference in appearance, meaning, sound, etc
- Unbridled - not controlled or limited
- Panic - a sudden strong feeling of fear that prevents reasonable thought and action
- Bipartisan - supported by or consisting of two political parties
- Comprehensive - complete and including everything that is necessary
- Immigration - the act of someone coming to live in a different country
- Reform - to make an improvement
- Mooting - to suggest something for discussion
- Fruition - an occasion when a plan or an idea begins to happen, exist, or be successful
- Modest - not large in size or amount, or not expensive
- Apparently - used to say you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true
- Immigrant - a person who has come to a different country in order to live there permanently
- Metamorphose - to change into something very different
- Silicon Valley - an area in northern California where there are many companies that make or use computer materials and electronic devices
- Purport - to pretend to be or to do something, especially in a way that is not easy to believe
- On someone’s coat-tails - using someone else’s success to get an advantage for yourself
- Reputation - the opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past behaviour or character
- Back-channel - a method of communication or discussion that is not direct or made public
- Lobbying - the activity of trying to persuade someone in authority, usually an elected member of a government, to support laws or rules that give your organization or industry an advantage
- Eschew - to avoid something intentionally, or to give something up
- Knee-jerk reaction - a quick reaction that does not allow you time to consider something carefully
- Rhetoric - speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people
- Echoe - to say the same words that someone else has said
