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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Under scrutiny: On BCCI status"
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 20th April 2018 from HERE
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Under scrutiny: On BCCI status"
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Proposal - a plan or suggestion, especially a formal one that a group has to consider
- Purview - the area of responsibility or influence that a person or organization has
- Cash-rich - a cash-rich person, business or economy has a lot of money available to spend and invest
- Apex - the most important or successful part of something
- Transparent - open and honest, without secrets
- Accountable - in a position where people have the right to criticize you or ask you why something happened
- Significant - very important
- Subsequent - happening or coming after something else
- Betting - the activity of trying to win money by placing a bet (=guessing the result of a race, game etc)
- Scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- Opaque - difficult to understand
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Sweeping - a sweeping change or development has a major effect
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Impart - to give something a particular quality
- Transparency - an honest way of doing things that allows other people to know exactly what you are doing
- Overhaul - to completely change a system in order to make it work more effectively
- Reaffirm - to formally and officially state something again
- Federation - a large organization made up of several smaller organizations or groups that share similar aims
- Ambit - the range within which something, especially a rule or law, is effective or has power
- Monopolistic - relating to an organization or group that has complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have no share
- De facto - actual, even though not official
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Citizenry - the citizens of a particular place considered as a group
- Autonomy - the power to make your own decisions
- Unlikely - not likely to happen
- Revamp - to improve the way that something looks or operates by making major changes to it
- Redound - to produce a particular result that is a benefit to someone / something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Defensive shuffle: On BJP reaction to Kathua"
- Defensive - used to protect someone or something against attack
- Shuffle - to change the order of papers or other things in a group
- Narrative - a story, or an account of something that has happened
- Strike a balance (between something and something) - to accept neither of two extreme positions or things but find a solution that is reasonable and fair
- Constituency - a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Outrage - a strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair
- Accused - a specific person that is accused of a crime in a court of law
- Untenable - impossible to continue because of serious problems, opposition, or criticism
- Intent - the intention to do something
- Step down - to leave an official position or job, especially so that someone else can take your place
- Apparently - based only on what you have heard, not on what you are certain is true
- Victim - someone who has been harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
- Continuance - the process of continuing
- Unflattering - making someone seem unpleasant or not attractive
- Utter - complete or extreme
- Incongruity - the quality of being very different to other things which happen or exist in the same situation and therefore appearing to be strange
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Expediency - the use of methods that produce an immediate result or solution to a problem, but may not be fair or honest
- Consonance - agreement
- Feedback - comments about how well or how badly someone is doing something, which are intended to help them do it better
- Cadre - a small group of people within a larger organization such as a political party or an army
- Plank - an important aspect of something, on which it is based
- Concede - to give something that you own or control to someone so that they own or control it
- Principal - main
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Outweigh - to be more important, useful, or valuable than something else
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
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