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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A non-BJP, non-Congress coalition: Back to Front ?"
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Destined for - intended for a particular purpose or person
- Concede - to admit, often unwillingly, that something is true
- Dominance - a situation in which one person or thing has more influence or power than any other
- Moot - to suggest something as a subject for discussion
- Federal - a federal government or system is one in which individual states make their own laws
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Like-minded - like-minded people, groups etc have similar tastes, interests, and opinions
- Resonance - an emotional effect produced by something that reminds you of something else
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Survive - to continue to exist, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation
- At the mercy of - in a situation that is controlled by someone or something with the power to harm you
- Prop up - to help a government, system, organization etc to continue to exist, especially by providing financial or military support
- Confabulation - a disturbance of memory
- Vote bank - a large group of voters from a single community who always support a particular party or candidate in elections
- Antipathy - a strong feeling of not liking someone or something
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Irrelevant - not important or not relevant to what you are discussing or doing
- Pretence - a way of behaving that does not honestly express your real feelings, thoughts, or intentions
- Non-committal - not saying what you think or what you plan to do
- Hastily - done in a hurry because you do not have much time
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Accord under strain — on Columbia peace pact"
- Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
- Pact - an agreement between two or more people or organizations in which they promise to do something
- Truce - an agreement between two people or groups involved in a war, fight, or disagreement to stop it for a period of time
- Fragile - easy to break or damage
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Stiff - more severe or difficult than usual
- Armed Forces - a country’s army, navy, and air force
- To someone’s credit - used about things that someone has done or achieved
- Bits and pieces - a small piece of something
- Unremitting - continuing for a long time without stopping or ever getting better
- Hostility - opposition to something
- Radical Change - a radical change or way of doing something is new and very different from the usual way
- Conservative - not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society
- Respectively - used for saying that something happens separately to each of the people or things mentioned in the order in which they were mentioned
- Muster - to try to produce as much of a feeling such as enthusiasm or determination as you can
- Undeniable - certainly correct or true
- Thanks to - used for saying that someone or something is responsible for something that happened
- Patchy - happening or existing in some places but not in other places
- Stride - an important positive development
- Demilitarisation - reduction of state armed forces
- Disband - if a group of people disbands or is disbanded, its members stop working together
- Legitimate - allowed by the law, or correct according to the law
- Aspect - a particular part, feature, or quality of something
- Mainstream - to make ideas, methods, or people become accepted by most people
- Sympathetic - kind to someone who has a problem and willing to understand how they feel
- Activist - someone who takes part in activities that are intended to achieve political or social change
- Mining - the process of getting coal or metal from under the ground
- Assassinate - to kill a famous or important person, especially for political reasons or for payment
- Militia - a group of ordinary people who are trained as soldiers to fight in an emergency
- Insurgent - someone who belongs to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force
- Reprisal - something unpleasant that is done to punish an enemy or opponent because of something bad that they have done to you
- Sceptical - doubting that something is true or useful
- Urban - relating to towns and cities, or happening there
- Rural - relating to the countryside, or in the countryside
- Undone - not finished
- Dispiriting - making you lose the hope, enthusiasm, or interest you had earlier
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