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Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 28th April 2018 from HERE
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Unpersuasive: on Centre's arguments against elevating Justice Joseph"
- Unpersuasive - not good at making people agree to do or believe what you want them to
- Elevating - to give someone a higher or more important position
- Flawed - not perfect, or containing mistakes
- Objection - a statement that shows that you disagree with a plan, or a reason for your disagreement
- Suspicion - a feeling that someone has done something wrong
- Extraneous - not relating to the subject or situation that you are dealing with
- Proffer - to offer someone something such as an explanation or apology
- Freezing - to stop something
- Imbalance - a situation in which the balance between two things is not equal or fair
- Skew - to have a strong effect on someone’s opinion, ideas, or judgment
- Apex - the most important or top part of something
- Inter se - between or among themselves
- Consideration - careful thought before making a decision or judgment about something
- Puisne - denoting a judge of a superior court inferior in rank to chief justices
- Sacrosanct - considered too important to be changed or criticized
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Overlook - to fail to notice or do something
- Deserving - worth supporting or helping
- Outstanding - extremely good or impressive
- Evoke - to bring a particular emotion, idea, or memory into your mind
- Criticism - comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad
- Lay something down - to officially establish a rule, or to officially say how something should be done
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Imbalance - a situation in which the balance between two things is not equal or fair
- Glaring - used to say that something bad is very obvious
- Shoot down - to refuse even to consider something such as an idea or a plan
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Quash - to say officially that a decision taken by another court was wrong and no longer has legal force
- Proclamation - an official announcement, especially about something important, or something that affects everyone
- Reiterate - to repeat something in order to emphasize it or make it very clear to people
- Abide by - to follow a rule, decision, or instruction
- Prolong - to make something last longer
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- Judiciary - the part of government that consists of all the judges and courts in a country
- Go through - to examine or search something very carefully
- Revise - to change your opinion or judgment of someone or something
- Memorandum - a short written statement containing information about a particular subject, passed between officials in a government or organization
- Flashpoint - a situation in which serious problems are likely to develop
- Sustained - continuing at the same level or rate for a long time
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Under strain: on sliding value of rupee"
- Strain - pressure caused by a difficult situation
- Sliding - a situation in which an amount becomes less
- On account of - because of someone or something
- Outflow - a movement of large amounts of money or large numbers of people from one place to another
- Spur - something that encourages someone to do something
- Appreciates - if something appreciates, its value increases gradually
- Greenback - a US dollar
- Buffet - to keep hitting against something with a lot of force
- Crosswind - a wind that blows across the direction that you are travelling in
- On the back of something - because of something
- Marshal - to gather or organize people or things, esp. in order to achieve a particular aim
- Export - to send a product to another country so that it can be sold there
- Brent crude - oil that is still in its natural state and has not yet been refined for use by chemical processes
- Crude - oil that is still in its natural state and has not yet been refined for use by chemical processes
- Deficit - the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes
- Appreciable - enough to be noticed or considered important
- Merchandise - goods that people buy and sell
- Import - a product from another country, that is bought with money from your country
- Shortfall - a lack of something that you need or want, or the amount that you lack
- Portfolio investment - a grouping of assets such as stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents
- Pumped in - to invest a lot of money in something
- Equity - the value of a property after you have taken away the amount left to pay on the mortgage (=money borrowed to buy it)
- Accelerate - to happen or make something happen at a faster rate
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- Policy rate - key lending rate of the central bank in a country
- Exemplify - to be a typical example of something
- Benchmark - an amount, level, standard etc that you can use for judging how good or bad other things are
- Treasury - the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters
- Depreciate - to become less valuable than before
- Vulnerable - someone who is vulnerable is weak or easy to hurt physically or mentally
- Mounting - increasing, especially in a way that makes a situation worse
- In the vicinity of - used before a number to show that it is not exact
- Barrel - a unit for measuring crude oil
- Crown Prince - a prince who will become king after the present king or queen dies
- Ambitious - an ambitious plan, aim, or attempt is difficult and will need a lot of effort to succeed
- Socioeconomic - involving a combination of social and economic matters
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Tough talk - to speak in a way that makes other people fear you
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Softening - (finance, stockmarket) that has stopped increasing or that is falling
- Shale - a type of smooth dark rock that breaks into thin layers
- Basket - a group of currencies (=different types of money used in different countries) used for comparing the value of another currency
- Undergird - to secure underneath; to strengthen, support, hold
- War chest - money that a political party or a business has available to spend on something such as an election campaign or a business deal
- Forex - foreign exchange
- Accumulate - to increase in quantity over a period of time
- Bulwark - something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations
- Volatility - liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
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