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 : "State of conflict: on the Bhima-Koregaon violence"
- Conflict - fighting between countries or groups
- Violence - actions or words that are intended to hurt people
- Provoke - to deliberately try to make someone angry
- Determine - to officially decide something
- Outskirts - the areas of a town or city that are furthest away from the centre
- Anticipate - to think that something will probably happen
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Memorial - a structure built to remind people of a famous person or event
- Prominent - important and well known
- Valour - the quality of being very brave, especially in war
- Repudiation - to not accept or agree with something
- Stereotype - a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong
- Forward-looking - looking at the future in a positive way and happy to try new ideas and methods
- Commemoration - something intended to honour and remember an important person or event
- High-profile - attracting a lot of attention and interest from the public and newspapers, television, etc
- Vandalisation - to deliberately damage or destroy things, especially public property
- Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- Pent-up - pent up emotions are strong feelings, for example anger, that you do not express so that they gradually become more difficult to control
- Arson - the illegal use of fire to destroy a house, building, or property
- Fomenting - to encourage people to have angry feelings or to protest or fight
- Bubbled over - if a feeling bubbles over, you feel it very strongly and usually show that you are feeling it
- Livelihood - something such as your work that provides the money that you need to live
- On the ground - in the place being discussed, especially a place where there is a war or another serious situation
- Neo - modern, or new
- Dilute - to make something less strong or effective
- Atrocity - a cruel and violent act
- Consolidation - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Constituency - a group of people with similar attitudes or interests who are likely to support a particular idea
- Fault line - a problem that may not be obvious and could cause something to fail
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "On a high: the US Federal Reserve"
- On a high - a feeling of great happiness or excitement
- Federal Reserve - the organization that controls the US national bank
- Hawkish - supporting the use of force in political relationships rather than discussion or other more peaceful solutions
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Kicked off - to begin, or to begin something
- Indices - plural of Index
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Bourse - a stock market
- Traction - the support, interest, etc., that is needed for something to succeed or make progress
- Significant - very important
- Broad-based - used to describe something that will affect many different places, activities, etc
- For instance - for example
- Macroeconomic - relating to the economic system of a whole country or large region
- Tailwind - a wind that blows in the same direction in which a vehicle is moving
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Euphoria - a feeling of great happiness that usually lasts for a short time only
- Starved of - prevented from having enough of what you need
- Bull market - a situation in the stock market in which the prices of shares are rising
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen, especially something good
- Accommodative - helpful
- Monetary policy - actions taken by a government to control the amount of money in an economy and how easily available it is, for example by changing the interest rate
- Dovish - preferring to use peaceful methods to solve problems rather than fighting
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Fuelling - to make something increase or become worse, especially something unpleasant
- Inflation - an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable
- Deflate - to make changes in an economy in order to lower prices
- Repatriation - to send money that you earn in a foreign country back to your own country
- Incentivise - to give someone a reason for wanting to work hard
- Exert - to use influence, authority, or power in order to affect or achieve something
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Haven - a safe or peaceful place
- Taper tantrum - term used to refer to the 2013 surge in U.S. Treasury yields
- Fickle - likely to change suddenly and without warning
- Disruptive - causing difficulties that interrupt something or prevent it from continuing
- Predict - to say what you think will happen in the future
- Fool’s errand - an effort that is unlikely to be successful
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