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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 18th March 2018 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Dangerous spiral: on India-Pak diplomatic row"
- Spiral - a situation that gets worse and worse
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Tit-for-tat - something that you do to harm someone because they have harmed you
- Harassment - annoying or unpleasant behaviour towards someone that takes place regularly
- Envoy - an official who represents their country in another country, with a rank below an ambassador
- Regardless - without being affected or influenced by someone or something
- Provocation - something that causes you to react in an angry or violent way
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Diplomat - an official whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country
- Interference - the process of deliberately becoming involved in a situation and trying to influence the way that it develops
- Surveillance - the process of carefully watching a person or place that may be involved in a criminal activity
- Escalate - to become much worse or more serious
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Rough up somebody - to hit and kick someone, usually to frighten or threaten them
- Tamper with something - to touch something that you should not touch, and to change it in some way, often because you want to spoil it
- Premises - the buildings and land that a business or organization uses
- Personnel - the people who work for a company or organization, or who are members of a military force
- Intimidate - to deliberately make someone feel frightened, especially so that they will do what you want
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Obscene - offensive in a sexual way
- Coincidence - a situation in which separate things happen by chance at the same time or in the same way
- Carte blanche - the freedom to do what you want in a particular situation
- Humanitarian - relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc
- Shadow-boxing - training in which a boxer fights with an imaginary opponent
- Slippage - a situation in which something is delayed or not achieved when it should be
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Convention - a formal agreement between governments of different countries about how they should behave towards each other or towards the people in their country
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Inviolable - too important or respected to be attacked, criticized, or ignored
- Scaling down - to make something smaller in size, amount etc than it used to be
- In the wake of something - happening after an event or as a result of it
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Counsel - to give someone advice about what to do in a particular situation
- Prevail - to exist at a particular time or in a particular situation
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "In a plastics world — on safe bottled water"
- Compel - to force someone to do something
- Drastic - a drastic action or change has a very big effect
- Coastline - the land along a coast, especially when seen from the sea or the air
- Microplastic - very small (less than 1mm) pieces of plastic waste that make their way into the environment, especially rivers and the sea
- Magnitude - great size, importance, or effect
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Overwhelm - to exist in such great amounts that someone or something cannot deal with them
- Discard - to get rid of something that you no longer want or need
- Consumer - someone who buys and uses goods and services
- Synthetic - made from artificial materials or substances, not from natural ones
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Polypropylene - a strong artificial substance used for making fibres for ropes, carpets etc
- Polyethylene - a light, usually thin, soft plastic, often used for making bags or for keeping things dry or fresh
- Terephthalate - a major starting material for polyester fibers and coatings
- Inhale - to breathe air, smoke, or other substances into your lungs
- Indisputable - impossible to question or argue with
- Contaminant - a substance that makes something dirty, polluted, or poisonous
- Accumulation - the process by which something increases in amount or is collected together over time
- Induce - to cause something, especially a mental or physical change
- Aggravate - to make something bad become worse, especially a situation or a medical condition
- Immune - not influenced or affected by something
- Heartening - making you feel happier and more positive
- Marine - relating to the sea and creatures that live in it
- Staggering - extremely surprising
- Debris - rubbish or pieces of useless material that make a place untidy
- Wetlands - low land that is often covered with water from the lake, river, or sea next to it
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Durable - able to stay in good condition for a long time and after being used a lot
- Feasible - possible or likely to succeed
- Enforce - to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people
- Segregation - to keep one thing separate from another
- Disposable - something that is disposable is designed to be thrown away after you have used it once or a few times
- Recyclable - able to be recycled ( to change waste materials such as newspapers and bottles so that they can be used again)
- Consensus - a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people
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