The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - 2nd March 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 2nd March 2018. Happy reading :)

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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Buoyant again: on India's GDP growth"

• Buoyant - if the economy or an aspect of the economy is buoyant, it is successful and seems likely to remain successful
• Coincide - to be the same or similar
  
• Fan - to encourage bad emotions or behaviour to get worse
• Inflation - an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable
• Brisk - moving or acting quickly
• On the face of it - used for saying that something appears to be true but might not be true when you have examined it in more detail
• Optimism - a tendency to be hopeful and to expect that good things will probably happen
• Gross - total
• Preceding - existing or coming immediately before someone or something else
• Laggard - a person or organization that is slow to do something or slow to make progress
• Mining - the process of getting coal or metal from under the ground
• Contraction - the process of becoming smaller
• Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
• Disruptive - causing difficulties that interrupt something or prevent it from continuing
• Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
• Sobering - making you think about things in a serious way
• Pare -  to reduce the total number or amount of something
• Buoyancy - a feeling of happiness and confidence
• Pressure point - a sensitive political situation
• Enduring - lasting for a long time
• Momentum - progress or development that is becoming faster or stronger
• Decelerate - to move, progress, or drive more slowly
• Significantly - by a large amount, or in a way that is easily noticeable
• Lagging behind - to walk more slowly than someone who you are with
• Expenditure - money spent by a government, organization, or person
• Traction - the fact of an idea, product, etc. becoming popular or being accepted
• Undergird - to secure underneath; to strengthen, support, hold
• Leeway - the amount of freedom that someone has to make their own decisions or to take action
• Pump-priming - money that is invested in something to encourage it to develop, or to encourage other people to invest in it
• Fiscal deficit - a fiscal deficit occurs when a government's total expenditures exceed the revenue that it generates
• Profligacy - behaving in a way that is bad or morally wrong
• Threatening - showing or saying that someone is likely to do something that will harm you
• Beset - to cause someone difficulty or danger over a period of time
• Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
• In the wake of - happening after an event or as a result of it
• Revival - the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again
• Not be out of the woods yet - used for saying that a situation is still difficult although it has improved

Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "War and peace: on Kabul's peace proposal with the Taliban"

• Proposal - a plan or suggestion, especially a formal one that a group has to consider
• Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
• Invasion - an occasion when one country’s army goes into another country to take control of it by force
• Conference - a large meeting, often lasting a few days, where people who are interested in a particular subject come together to discuss ideas
• Regime - a system or form of government
• Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
• Emerge - to become known
• Stepped up - increased in amount or strength
• Violent - involving the use of physical force, with the deliberate intention of causing damage to property or injury or death to people
• Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
• Precondition - something that must happen or be done before something else can happen
• Lobbing - to throw something
• The ball is in someone’s court - used for telling someone that it is their responsibility to take action or make a decision
• Administration - the government of a country
• Troop - soldiers, especially in large numbers
• Unlikely - not likely to happen
• Significant - very important
• Consent - permission to do something
• Desperation - the worry and anger that someone feels because they do not know how to deal with a bad situation
• Gain ground - to become more successful, popular, or accepted
• Tactic - a particular method or plan for achieving something
• Surge - a sudden increase in something such as price, value, or interest
• On the offensive - to begin to attack or criticize someone who you think is attacking you
• Fortify - to protect a place against attack by building strong walls, towers, or other structures around it
• Incentive - something that makes you want to do something or to work harder, because you know that you will benefit by doing this
• Stalemate - a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree
• Set the stage for something - to create the conditions in which something is likely to happen
• Constructive - intended to be useful or helpful

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