English Vocabulary from
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "For more equity: on long-term capital gains tax"
- Equity - the value of a property after you have taken away the amount left to pay on the mortgage (=money borrowed to buy it)
- Long-term - continuing to exist, be relevant, or have an effect for a long time in the future
- Indexation - the practice of making the value of something such as pay or pensions change as general living costs rise or fall
- Scrap - to decide not to continue with something such as a plan or an event
- Hasty - doing things in a hurry, without careful planning or thought
- Deficit - the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes
- Terrific - very good or interesting
- Abandonment - to stop something that you are doing or planning to do, especially because it is too difficult to continue
- Sell-off - to sell something quickly and for a low price, usually because you need money
- Indices - plural of index
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Erosion - the gradual reduction or destruction of something important
- Legitimate - fair and reasonable
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Liquidity - a situation in which a business has money or property that it can sell in order to pay money that it owes
- In lieu of - instead of
- Intra-day - happening during one day, and perhaps not for very long
- Whammy - something very difficult or unpleasant that unexpectedly happens to someone
- Privilege - a special benefit that is available only to a particular person or group
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Peer - someone who belongs to the same social or professional group as another person
- Rollback - an occasion when the influence of particular laws, rules, etc. is reduced
- Constraint - something that limits your freedom to do what you want
- Indexation - the practice of making the value of something such as pay or pensions change as general living costs rise or fall
- Set-off - to cause a situation or a series of events to happen, especially without intending to
- Inflation - an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable
- Tough love - a strict but kind way of dealing with someone who has a problem
- Well-off - rich
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Youth power: on India's U-19 World Cup win"
- Mentor - to help and give advice to a younger or less experienced person
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Inevitable - impossible to avoid or prevent
- Unbeaten - if a team, player etc is unbeaten, they have never been defeated in a competition
- Sojourn - a short period when a person stays in a particular place
- Rousing - making you feel emotional, excited, or enthusiastic
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Commence - to begin
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Emphatically - in a very clear way that no one can argue about
- Hype - a situation in which something is advertised and discussed in newspapers, on television, etc. a lot in order to attract everyone's interest:
- Pocket - to win or get an amount of money
- Facile - too simple to deal with the difficulties of a real situation
- Template - something that is used as a pattern or an example for something else
- Cruise - to achieve success easily in a race, game, or competition
- Lustre - the feeling that something special and impressive is happening
- Diverse - very different from each other
- Fittingly - suitable for a particular situation
- Essentially - used for emphasizing what is the most important aspect of something or fact about something
- Tribute - something that you do, say, or build to show that you respect and admire someone or something
- Resultant - happening as a result of something that has just been mentioned
- Double-edged sword - a double-edged sword has two sharp sides
- Ecstatic - extremely happy or pleased
- Leapt - to move somewhere suddenly and quickly
- Photo-bomb - the practice of spoiling other people’s photographs by making silly expressions or moving into the background just before the photograph is taken
- Clinch - to manage to win or achieve something by doing one final thing that makes it certain
- Carve something out (for yourself) - to successfully create or get something, especially a work position, by working for it
- Squad - a sports team
- Spectacular - extremely impressive
- Rub shoulders with someone - to meet and talk to important or famous people
- High-stakes - a high-stakes activity or situation involves a lot of risk or serious consequences
- Arduous - extremely difficult and involving a lot of effort
- Prodigy - a young person who has a natural ability to do something extremely well
