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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Friends: on BJP and its disgruntled allies"
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Friends: on BJP and its disgruntled allies"
- Disgruntled - unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something
- Ally - someone who helps and supports someone else
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Survival - the fact of a person, organization, etc. continuing to live or exist
- Electoral - relating to an election
- Long-standing - having existed for a long time
- Belligerent - wishing to fight or argue
- Demonstrate - to show or make make something clear
- Rival - a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the same area
- Emerge - to become known
- Player - someone who is very involved in an activity or organization
- Notwithstanding - despite the fact or thing mentioned
- Circumstance - a fact or event that makes a situation the way it is
- Reluctant - not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it
- Ramp up - a large increase in activity or in the level of something
- Defensive - used to protect someone or something against attack
- Thanks to somebody / something - because of someone or something
- By-elections - an election that happens at a different time from a main election, to choose a Member of Parliament to replace one who has died or left his or her job
- Disaffection - the state of no longer feeling loyal towards a group or organization
- Confrontation - a fight or argument
- Hostile - unfriendly and not liking something
- Constituency - one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature
- Contradiction - a difference in two or more statements, ideas, stories etc that makes it impossible for both or all of them to be true
- Perennial - lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all the time
- Strain - pressure caused by a difficult situation
- Former - the first of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Chafing - to be or become annoyed or lose patience because of rules or limits
- Step-motherly - relating to the woman who is married to someone's father but who is not their real mother
- Inasmuch as - used to introduce a phrase that explains why or how much something described in another part of the sentence is true
- Best bet - your best bet is the action that is most likely to be successful
- Coalition - the joining together of different political parties or groups for a particular purpose, usually for a limited time, or a government that is formed in this way
- Enthusiasm - a feeling of energetic interest in a particular subject or activity and an eagerness to be involved in it
- Doping - the act of giving a person or animal drugs in order to make them perform better or worse in a competition
- Scandal - (an action or event that causes) a public feeling of shock and strong moral disapproval
- Cast a shadow over/on something - to spoil a good situation with something unpleasant
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Confederation - an organization consisting of different groups of people working together for business or political reasons
- Manipulation - controlling someone or something to your own advantage, often unfairly or dishonestly
- Vet - to examine something or someone carefully to make certain that they are acceptable or suitable
- Contingent - a group of people representing a place, organization etc at a meeting or event
- Anthem - a song that has special importance for a particular group of people, an organization, or a country, often sung on a special occasion
- Ceremony - a formal public event with special traditions, actions, or words
- Comply with - to obey a rule or law, or to do what someone asks you to do
- Outrage - a feeling of anger and shock
- Arbitration - the process of solving an argument between people by helping them to agree to an acceptable solution
- Overturn - to say officially that something such as a decision or law is wrong and change it
- Impact - a powerful effect that something, especially something new, has on a situation or person
- Fortnight - a period of two weeks
- Bonhomie - friendliness and happiness
- Neighbour - a country that is next to another country:
- Escalate - to become or make something become greater or more serious
- Immaterial - not important, or not relating to the subject you are thinking about
- Delegate - a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at a meeting
- Cheerleader - a person, usually a woman or girl in an organized group, who leads the crowd in shouting encouragement and supporting a team at a sports event
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Probably - likely to be true or likely to happen
- Torch-bearer - a person who carries a ceremonial torch
- Swansong - a person's last piece of work, achievement, or performance
