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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A credibility crisis: On Mecca Masjid verdict"
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 19th April 2018 from HERE
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A credibility crisis: On Mecca Masjid verdict"
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Acquittal - an official judgment in a court of law that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of
- Reinforce - to make an idea, belief, or feeling stronger
- Cynicism - the belief that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest
- Suspect - a person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong
- Conviction - a decision by a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime
- Substantial - large in amount or degree
- Aftermath - the effects and results of something bad or important
- Arbitrary - not based on any particular plan, or not done for any particular reason
- Incarceration - to put someone in prison
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Protracted - continuing for a long time, especially longer than is normal or necessary
- Grave - so serious that you feel worried
- Miscarriage of justice - a miscarriage of justice is a wrong decision in a court of law, or any unfair decision
- Perpetrator - someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act
- Bureau - an organization that provides information or services
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident, made by an official group or by a newspaper, television programme etc
- Chargesheet - to accuse someone officially of committing a crime and ask them to reply to the charge or defend themselves
- Acquit - to state officially that someone is not guilty of the crime they were accused of
- Formerly - in the past
- Bolster - to make something stronger or more effective
- Confession - a spoken or written statement in which you admit that you have committed a crime
- Subsequent - happening after something else
- Retraction - a statement in which you say that something that you previously said or wrote is not true
- Cast a shadow over something - to make a situation seem less hopeful and more likely to end badly
- Inevitable - impossible to avoid or prevent
- Significant - very important
- Knee-jerk - a knee-jerk reaction is immediate and not carefully considered
- Tainted - something that is tainted is spoilt by an unpleasant feature or quality that often makes people not want to be involved with it
- Shoddy - shoddy work, services, or products are of a very low standard
- Irresolute - unable to make decisions
- Prosecution - the process or act of accusing someone of a crime and asking a court of law to judge them
- Regime - a system or form of government
- Witness - someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen
- Hostile - opposing something
- Safeguard - to protect something or someone from being harmed or having problems
- Impartiality - not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument
- Ought to - have to
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Cash is still king: On ATMs running dry"
- In the throes of something - involved in a difficult or unpleasant situation or activity
- Belatedly - late or too late
- Fortnight - a period of two weeks
- Manifestation - a sign of something existing or happening
- Spurt - a sudden increase in something
- Emphasise - to give particular importance or attention to something
- Automated - using machines or done by machines, instead of people
- Dispense - if a machine dispenses something such as food, drink, or money, it gives it to you
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Reluctant - not willing to do something
- Assert - to state firmly that something is true
- Vault - a room, especially in a bank, with thick walls and a strong door, used to store money or valuable things in safe conditions
- Ramped up - increased
- Replenish - to make something full again, or to bring it back to its previous level by replacing what has been used
- Abound - to be present in large numbers or amounts
- Prompt - to cause something to happen or be done
- Large-scale - involving a large number of people or things, or happening over a large area
- Impending an impending event or situation, especially an unpleasant one, is one that will happen very soon
- The genesis of something - the beginning, birth, or origin of something
- Rooted in - if one thing is rooted in another, it is based on it, has developed from it, or is influenced by it
- Gambit- something that you say or do in an attempt to gain an advantage
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Recalibration - the process of checking or changing a piece of equipment used
- Weeding out - to remove a person or thing that is not suitable or good enough, especially from a group or collection
- Perpetuating - to cause something to continue
- Heuristic - a method of learning or solving problems that allows people to discover things themselves and learn from their own experiences
- Denomination - the value of a particular coin or banknote
- Preceding - existing or coming immediately before someone or something else
- Consequence - a result or effect of something
- Haunt - to make someone feel worried and upset for a long time
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