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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The new President, Ram Nath Kovind"
- Discretionary - based on someone’s judgment of a particular situation rather than on a set of rules
- Safeguarding - to protect something or someone from being harmed or having problems
- Constitution - a set of basic laws or principles for a country that describe the rights and duties of its citizens and the way in which it is governed
- Democracy - a system of government in which people vote in elections to choose the people who will govern them
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Stint - a period of time spent doing something
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Preparatory - done as preparation for something else
- Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Varying - not all the same
- Decline - to say politely that you will not accept something or do something
- Ascertain - to find out something
- Abuse - the use of something in a bad, dishonest, or harmful way
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
- Counsel - to give someone advice about what to do in a particular situation
- Pledge - to promise seriously and publicly to do something
- Signifying - to be a sign or symbol of something
- Garner - to collect or obtain a large amount of something useful or important
- Affiliate - to be officially connected with a larger organization or group
- Substantially - by a large amount or degree
- Vindicate - to prove that someone is right, or that something they said, did, or decided was right, especially when most people believed they were
- Strategic - carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal, especially in war, business, or politics
- Neutral - not supporting a particular team in a game or competition
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Agenda - a plan or aim that is kept secret
- Distinguish - to recognize the differences between things
- Convention - a way of behaving that is generally accepted as being normal and right
- Conceive - to think of something such as a new idea, plan, or design
- Ceremonial post - a ceremonial post exists for traditional reasons, and the person who has it does not have much power
- Unthinking - used about something that you do without thinking that it might be wrong or stupid
- Overzealous - doing something so much that it causes problems
- Interventionist - often becoming involved, either in the problems of another country, or in the economy of one's own country
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Target Section 377: On decriminalising gay sex"
- Decriminalising - to change the law so that something that was illegal becomes legal
- Gay - sexually attracted to people of the same sex (This word is mainly used about men)
- Consensual - agreed to by all the people involved
- Flagrant - done in an obvious way that shows you do not care if you break rules or offend people
- Undo - to remove the good or bad effects of an action
- Upheld - if a court of law upholds something such as a claim, it says that it is correct
- Retrograde - returning to a condition or situation that is worse than the present one
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Strident - holding firm opinions or beliefs and tending to express them frequently, in a way that offends some people
- Explicit - said or explained in an extremely clear way, so that you cannot doubt what is meant
- Privacy - the freedom to do things without other people watching you or knowing what you are doing
- Fundamental right - basic human freedom that every Indian citizen has
- Inherent - an inherent quality is a basic or essential feature that gives something its character
- Dignity - respect that other people have for you or that you have for yourself
- Observe - to make a written or spoken comment about someone or something
- Rationale - the set of reasons that something such as a plan or belief is based on
- Flawed - spoiled by something such as a fault or mark, or lacking something
- Unsustainable - not capable of continuing at the same rate or level
- LGBT - lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
- Doctrine - a set of principles or beliefs, especially religious or political ones
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Bench - the position of being a judge in a court of law
- Disdainful - the feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect
- Astounding - extremely surprising or shocking
- Minuscule - extremely small in size or amount
- Discredit - to harm someone’s reputation
- Unreasonable - not fair
- Uncharacteristic - not typical of someone’s usual behaviour or performance, and therefore surprising
- Reticence - unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings
- Contrary to something - used for emphasizing that something is true, even though it is opposite to what other people say or believe
- Evolution - the way in which something gradually changes and develops
- Jurisprudence - the system of laws that exists in a particular place or that affects a particular area of activity
- Dilute - to make something less strong or effective
- Enunciation - to express and explain a plan or principle clearly or formally
- Sexual orientation - the state of having sexual relationships with people of one sex rather than the other
- Transgender - relating to people whose sexual identity does not match traditionally accepted male and female genders
- Insignificant - not large or important enough to be worth considering
- Entitled - believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment
- Minuscule - extremely small in size or amount
- Harassment - annoying or unpleasant behaviour towards someone that takes place regularly
- Abuse - cruel, violent, or unfair treatment, especially of someone who does not have the power to prevent it
- Significantly - by a large amount, or in a way that is easily noticeable
- Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features
- Commending - to praise someone or something formally or publicly
- Inalienable - an inalienable right cannot be taken away from you or given to someone else
- Relatable - if something or something is relatable, you can understand them and feel connected to them
- Irrespective - without considering; not needing to allow for
Hindu Editorial Topic 3 : "Shifting goal posts: Demonetisation has totally failed to curb black money"
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
- Professed - used for describing something that you claim to be true but that is possibly false
- Legal tender - the money that is officially used in a country
- Unequivocal - clear, definite, and without doubt
- Assert - to speak or behave in a firm, confident way
- Hoard - to get and keep a large amount of something because it might be valuable or useful later
- Punitive - relating to or causing punishment or great difficulty
- Windfall - an amount of money that you get when you are not expecting it, especially a large amount
- Scrap - to decide not to continue with something
- Liability - legal responsibility for causing damage or injury, or for paying something
- Dividend - a share of the profits
- Extinguish - to stop a feeling or idea from continuing to exist
- Piffling - small and not important
- Confiscation - the action of taking or seizing someone's property with authority
- Disingenuous - not really honest or sincere, and only pretending to be
- Rationale - the set of reasons that something such as a plan or belief is based on
- Stop-go - happening or developing in a way that is not continuous
- In the wake of something - happening after an event or as a result of it
- Fathom - to understand someone or why someone acts as they do
- For instance - for exmaple
- Amnesty - a situation in which a government agrees not to punish, or to no longer punish, people who have committed a particular crime
- Dissuade - to persuade someone not to do something
- Spin-off - something good that happens unexpectedly as a result of something else
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Foster - to help something to develop over a period of time
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Reliance - the state of depending on a particular person or thing
- Launder - conceal the origins of the money obtained illegally, by transfers involving foreign banks
- All in all - used for showing that you are considering every aspect of something
- Bestow - to give something (valuable)
Hindu Editorial Topic 4 : "Step back: Tension at Bhutan tri-junction suits neither China nor India"
- Step back - to stop for a moment in order to consider something
- Sustained - continuing at the same level or rate for a long time
- Stand-off - a disagreement or fight in which neither opponent can do anything to win or achieve their aim
- By all accounts - according to what people say
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed before
- Counsel - to give someone advice about what to do in a particular situation
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Liberation - freedom and independence
- Preserv - to keep something as it is
- Pilgrim - someone who travels to a holy place that is important in their religion
- Coincidence - a situation in which separate things happen by chance at the same time or in the same way
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Warmth - a kind and friendly quality in someone or something
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Misleading -intended to make someone believe something that is incorrect or not true
- Deteriorate - to become worse
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Sovereignty - the right to rule a country
- Spurn - to refuse to accept something, do something, or deal with something
- Maritime - involving ships or the business of moving people and goods in ships
- Uptick - a small increase
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Dialogue - formal talks between opposing countries, political groups, etc
- Defusing - to make a difficult or dangerous situation calmer by reducing or removing its cause
- Precondition - something that must happen or be true before it is possible for something else to happen
- Apart from - except for or not considering
- Status quo - the present situation
- Treaty - a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders
- Face-off - if people or groups face off, they compete or fight with each other
- Sovereignty - the power of a country to control its own government
- Exemplary - very good and suitable
- Escalation - the process of becoming greater or more serious, or a particular situation when this happens
- In the face of something - despite having to deal with a difficult situation or problem
- Aggressive - behaving in an angry and violent way towards another person
- Barrage - the action of continuously firing large guns to protect soldiers advancing on an enemy
- Discreet - careful not to cause embarrassment or attract too much attention
Hindu Editorial Topic 5 : "A clear failure: On Tamil Nadu and NEET"
- Mishandle - to deal with a situation or process badly or without enough care
- Upgrading - to improve the quality of a service or product
- Live down - to make people forget about something embarrassing or silly that you have done
- Solely - involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned / only
- Disaster - something that is annoying or a failure
- Controversial - a controversial subject, opinion, or decision is one that people disagree about or do not approve of
- Let down - to make someone disappointed by not doing something that they are expecting you to do
- Aspiring - hoping and trying to be successful at something, especially in your career
- Beset - to cause someone difficulty or danger over a period of time
- Uncertainty - a nervous feeling that you have because you think bad things might happen
- Despair - the feeling that a situation is so bad that nothing you can do will change it
- Thrust - to push suddenly and strongly
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Insulate - to cover something in order to prevent heat, cold, noise, or electricity from passing through it
- Concrete - practical
- Upgrade - to improve the quality of a service or product
- On the contrary - used for emphasizing that something is true, even though it is the opposite of something that has been said
- Misled - to cause someone to believe something that is not true
- Exemption - permission to ignore something such as a rule, obligation, or payment
- Assent - official agreement to or approval of an idea, plan, or request
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Reluctant - not willing to do something
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Desperation - the worry and anger that someone feels because they do not know how to deal with a bad situation
- Flaw - a mistake or fault in something that makes it useless or less effective
- Impermissible - not allowed to be done by a law or rule
- Pertinent - relevant to something
- Counterpart - someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another person or thing, but in a different country, time, situation, or organization
- Apprehension - a feeling of worry or fear that something bad might happen
- Prospect - chances of success, especially in a job or career
- Without further ado - without any delay
Hindu Editorial Topic 6 : "ISRO sets the bar high"
- Sets the bar high - to raise / increase the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something
- Boosted - improved / increased something
- Reputation - the opinion that people have about how good or how bad someone or something is
- Relying on someone/something - to depend on or trust someone or something
- Workhorse - a machine that operates without failing for long periods, although it might not be very interesting or exciting
- Nano - extremely small
- Aeronautics - the science of designing, building, and operating aircraft
- Significant - important or noticeable
- Cement - to make something stronger
- Key player - an important person, company, etc. in a particular area of activity
- Lucrative - producing a lot of money (especially of a business, job, or activity)
- Orbital - relating to the orbit (= curved path) of an object in space:
- Altitude - height above sea level
- Accomplished - to finish something successfully or to achieve something
- Ensuring - to make something certain to happen
- Collide - (especially of moving objects) to hit something violently
- Successive - happening one after the other without any break
- Besides - in addition to; also
- Payload - the amount of goods or people that a vehicle, such as a truck or aircraft, can carry
- Integrate - combining things, people, or ideas of different types in one effective unit, group, or system
Hindu Editorial Topic 7 : "Midnight makeover: adoption of GST"
- Makeover - a set of changes intended to make a person or thing look much better
- Road map - a plan or set of instructions that makes it easier for someone to do something
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Landmark - a major event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process and makes progress possible
- Reform - a change that is intended to make a system work more effectively
- Subsume - to include something in a larger group
- Cess - a tax
- Unify - to bring together; combine
- Thereby - as a result of this action
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule
- Investor - a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage
- Mop up - to finish dealing with something
- Exchequer - the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters
- Incentive - something that makes you want to do something
- Lobbying - the activity of trying to persuade someone in authority, to support laws or rules that give your organization or industry an advantage
- Preparedness - the state of being ready for something
- Optimal - best; most likely to bring success or advantage
- Bureaucracy - a complicated and annoying system of rules and processes
- Deferred - to arrange for something to happen at a later time than you had planned
- Deduct - to take away an amount or part from a total
- Transaction - the action or process of buying or selling something
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Intermediary - someone who carries messages between people who are unwilling or unable to meet
- Mandate - an official order to do something
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Exclusion - something that is deliberately not included
- Consumer - someone who buys and uses goods and services
- Incidence - the number of times something happens, especially something bad
- Stringent - stringent rules or conditions are strict and make you achieve high standards
- Profiteering - to make large profits by charging high prices for things that people need and cannot get anywhere else
- Clause - a part of a legal document or law that officially states that something must be done
- Interpret - to explain the meaning of something
- Transitory - temporary
- Informal - relaxed and friendly
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Buoyancy - the ability to be successful again after a difficult period
- Strive to do something - to make a lot of effort to achieve something
- Rationalise - to make an organization more effective
- Hiccup - a small problem or a problem that causes a short delay
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Inevitable - impossible to avoid or prevent
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Boycott - to not take part in an event, or to not buy or use something as a protest
Hindu Editorial Topic 8 : "Hit refresh: on the slashed GST rates"
- Slash - to reduce something by a large amount
- Rationalise - to make a company, way of working, etc. more effective
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Far-reaching - affecting a lot of people or things in an important way
- Council - an official group of people who have been chosen to make decisions or provide advice
- Tweak - to make small changes in order to improve something
- Ambit - the range within which something, especially a rule or law, is effective or has power
- Turnover - the value of the goods and services that a company sells in a particular period of time
- Threshold - a limit at which an arrangement changes
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Spur - something that encourages someone to do something
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Inventory - the amount of goods a shop has, or the value of them
- Mandarin - a senior official in the government departments
- Exchequer - the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Bandwidth - the ability to deal with work, problems etc
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Rang truer (Ring True) - to sound true or sincere
- Curious - strange and unusual
- Tactfully - in a careful and cautious way
- Degenerate - to become worse
- Constituency - the voters in a division of a country who elect a representative to parliament
- Transparent - open and honest, without secrets
- Explicit - said or explained in an extremely clear way, so that you cannot doubt what is meant
- Rationale - the set of reasons that something such as a plan or belief is based on
- Wistful - sad and thinking about something that is impossible
Hindu Editorial Topic 9 : "National health policy 2017: A road map for health"
- Road Map - a plan for how to achieve something
- Affordable - cheap enough for ordinary people to afford
- Nudge - to make someone to do something
- Incidence - an event, or the rate at which something happens
- Non-communicable - that cannot be passed from one person to another
- Diabetes - a disease in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood
- Bring up the rear - to be the last in a group
- Laggardly - slow to do something or slow to make progress
- Deficiency - a state of not having, or not having enough, of something that is needed
- Glaring - used to say that something bad is very obvious
- Lacunae - an empty space where something is missing
- Initiative - a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem
- Unlikely - not likely to happen
- Abysmal - bad or low quality
- Deploy - to move people (here doctors) to a place where they can be used when they are needed
- Infant - a baby or a very young child
- Mortality - the number of deaths within a particular society and within a particular period of time
- Maternal - relating to being a mother
- Exceed - to be greater than a number or amount, or to go past an allowed limit
- Inevitable - certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented
- Outpatient - a person who goes to a hospital for treatment, but who does not stay any nights there
- Inpatient - a person who goes into hospital to receive medical care, and stays there one or more nights while they are being treated
- Accountability - a situation in which someone is responsible for things that happen and can give a satisfactory reason for them
- Regulatory - controlling
- Accreditation - official approval, esp. in order to maintain satisfactory standards
- Oversight - a mistake made because of a failure to notice something
- Backdoor - relating to something that is done secretly or in a way that is not direct or honest
- Backed - supported
- Mandatory - something that is mandatory must be done, or is demanded by law
- Accredited - officially recognized or approved
- Prevailing - existing in a particular place or at a particular time
- Asymmetry - the quality of being different or strange
- Footing - the basic conditions in which something operates or develops
- Robust - strong
- Fragmented - consisting of several separate parts
- Reconcile - to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together
- Out-of-pocket - used about money that you have to spend yourself rather than having it paid for you, for example by your employer or insurance company
- Diagnostic - used for finding out what physical or mental problem someone has
Hindu Editorial Topic 10 : "GST rates: welcome clarity, at last"
- Imposition - the introduction of something such as a new law or a new system
- Council - a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject
- Regime - a particular way of operating or organizing a business, etc
- Speculation - ideas or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen
- Accompany - to happen or exist while something else is happening
- Lobby - an organized group of people who represent a particular area of business or society and try to influence politicians
- Rollout - rollout of proposals, laws, or information is the first time they are made known to the public
- Likely - probably going to happen, or probably true
- Intent - the intention to do something
- Predominant - the most common or greatest in number or amount
- Respectively - used for saying that something happens separately to each of the people or things mentioned in the order in which they were mentioned
- Essential - completely necessary
- Cereal - a food made from grain, for example wheat, oats, or corn, mainly eaten with milk for breakfast
- Poultry - birds such as chickens that are used for meat or eggs
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Tuck something under something - to put something in a particular place, especially in order to keep it safe or hidden
- Cater to something - to provide people with something they want or need, especially something unusual or special
- Apart from - in addition to someone or something
- Varying - not all the same
- Sin goods - goods which are harmful to society (alcohol, tobacco etc)
- Sport utility vehicles - a high-performance four-wheel-drive vehicle
- Compensate - to change or remove the bad result of something
- Emerge - to become known
- Undergo - to experience a process of change
- Neutral - not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups involved in an argument
- Possibly - likely to happen or be true, but not certain
- Muted - not as strong or extreme as usual
- Progressive - supporting social and political change that aims to make a system fairer
- In contrast to - to be very different from something else
- Prevalent - very common in a particular place or among a particular group
- Essentially - used for emphasizing what is the most important aspect of something or fact about something
- Disparity - a lack of equality or similarity, especially in a way that is not fair
- Capped - to set or limit something
- Bear the brunt of something - to receive the worst part of something that has a bad effect
- Backdoor - secret and usually dishonest or illegal
- Rigging - the act of organizing something in a dishonest way in order to produce a particular result
- Discretionary - based on someone’s judgment of a particular situation rather than on a set of rules
- Predictability - the state of knowing what something is like, when something will happen, etc
- Do away with something - to get rid of something
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