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February 08, 2018

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - 8th February 2018

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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 8th February 2018. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on titles to read Editorials
  • Inflation - an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable
  • Repo rate - the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to commercial banks in the event of any shortfall of funds
  • Vigilance - the activity of watching a person or situation very carefully so that you will notice any problems or signs of danger immediately
  • Amid - if something happens amid particular feelings or events, it happens while people have these feelings or while these events are happening
  • Uncertainty - something that you cannot be certain about or cannot depend on
  • Mandate - an official order to do something
  • Acceleration - an increase in the rate at which something happens, changes, or grows
  • Pace - the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens or changes
  • Probably - used for saying that you think something is likely
  • Exemplify - to be a typical example of something
  • Stance -  an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
  • Hitherto - until the present time
  • Dovish - preferring to use peaceful methods to solve problems rather than fighting
  • Neutral - not supporting a particular side in an argument or disagreement
  • Flexibility -  the ability to make changes or to deal with a situation that is changing
  • Nominee - a person who is officially chosen for a position or job
  • Incipient - just beginning to appear or develop
  • Spotlight -  to make people pay a lot of attention to someone or something
  • Reassuring - making you feel less worried
  • Outlook -  an idea about what a situation will be like in the future
  • Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
  • Moderation - a reduction in the amount or strength of something
  • Clouding - to spoil an activity, event, or situation
  • Staggered - very surprised and shocked
  • Induce - to persuade someone to do something
  • Crude oil - oil that is still in its natural state and has not yet been refined for use by chemical processes
  • Commodity - something that can be bought and sold, especially a basic food product or fuel
  • Minimum support price - the price at which government purchases crops from the farmers, whatever may be the price for the crops
  • Customs duty - a tax paid on goods that are imported
  • Slippage -  situation in which something is delayed or not achieved when it should be
  • Normalisation - the process of bringing or returning something to a normal condition or state
  • Upshot - the result of a process or an event
  • Hover - to stay in one place
  • Monsoon - a period of heavy rain in India and Southeast Asia
  • Looming - to appear as a large shape that is not clear, usually in a threatening way
  • Inflationary - relating to or likely to cause an increase in prices
  • Reassert - to say again that something is definitely true
  • Unwavering - strong and steady despite opposition or other problems
  • Menace - someone or something that is dangerous and likely to cause harm
  • Interference -  the process of deliberately becoming involved in a situation and trying to influence the way that it develops, although you have no right to do this
  • Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
  • Impel - if a feeling or idea impels you to do something, it forces you to do it
  • Implicit -  not stated directly, but expressed in the way that someone behaves, or understood from what they are saying
  • Obstruct - to take action in order to prevent someone from doing something or to prevent something from happening
  • Inter-faith - involving people who belong to different religions
  • Inter-caste - involving people who belong to different castes
  • Reaffirm - to formally and officially state something again
  • Milieu - the particular people and society that surround you and influence the way in which you behave
  • Sway - to influence or change someone’s opinion
  • Medieval - very old-fashioned
  • Observation - a remark about something that you have noticed
  • Conscience - the ideas and feelings you have that tell you whether something you are doing is right or wrong
  • Writ - an official document that tells someone to do something or to stop doing something
  • Honour killing - the murder of a woman by a male relative because he believes that she has damaged the family’s image
  • Kangaroo court - a court that is not official and is organized to punish someone whether they have committed a crime or not
  • Stamp out -  to end something bad or unpleasant by taking strong and determined action
  • Ruthless - willing to make other people suffer so that you can achieve your aims
  • Grave -  so serious that you feel worried
  • Misfortune - something harmful or unpleasant that happens to someone
  • Mores - the traditional practices and moral values of a particular society or group of people
  • Coercion - the use of force or threats to make someone do something
  • Exclusionary - causing someone or something not to be allowed to take part in an activity or to enter a place
  • Feudal - relating to the social system in which land belonged to powerful lords and the people they allowed to live on the land had to work and fight for them
  • Prejudice - an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people
  • Allegedly - if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
  • Penal - relating to the punishment of criminals
  • Consequence - a result or effect of something
  • Perceive - to understand or think about something in a particular way
  • Dishonour - a state in which people no longer respect you because of something bad that you have done
  • Unconscionable - more than a reasonable or acceptable level or amount
  • Presumably - used for saying that you think something is true based on what you know, although you are not really certain
  • Enforce - to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people
  • Taboo - something that people do not do or talk about because it is very offensive or shocking
  • Grouse - an angry complaint
  • Lineal - related in a direct line of parents and children to someone who lived in the past
  • Ascendancy - the advantage, power, or influence that one person or group has over another
  • Ancestor - someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago
  • Eradicate - to get rid of something completely, especially something bad
  • Boycott - to not take part in an event, or to not buy or use something as a protest
  • Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features
  • Incitement - something that encourages people to be violent or commit crimes, or the deliberate act of encouraging violence or crime
  • Sentence - a punishment given by a judge, usually involving a period of time that a person must spend in prison
  • High-handed - speaking or acting without considering other people’s opinions
  • Mediation - to talk to two separate people or groups involved in a disagreement to try to help them to agree or find a solution to their problems
  • Brook no something - to not allow or accept something


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