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Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 11th May 2018 from HERE
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Online retail flip: on the Walmart-Flipkart deal"
- Retail - relating to the sale of goods directly to the public for their own use
- Flip - to change suddenly
- Stake - the part of a business that you own because you have invested money in it
- Significant - very important / noticeable
- Thumbs-up - a reaction that shows you like something such as a plan or idea, or that you will accept it
- Giant - a very large and successful company
- Home-grown - a home-grown product, idea, or performer comes from a particular local area or small place
- Pipped - to defeat someone by a small amount in a competition, game etc
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Vying - to compete with other people for something that is difficult to get
- Acquire - to get something, for example by buying it or being given it
- The likes of someone/something - someone or something that is equal to or as important as the person or thing being mentioned
- Seculated - to consider or discuss why something has happened or what might happen
- Merger - the process of combining two companies or organizations to form a bigger one
- Play out - to develop or end in a particular way
- Paradigm - a typical example or model of something
- Strategic - carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal, especially in war, business, or politics
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Investor - a person who puts money into something in order to make a profit or get an advantage
- Firm - a business or company
- Bourse - a stock market
- E-tail - the activity of selling things on the Internet
- Swathes of - a large number of people, or a large amount of something
- Peddling - to sell something by going to customers, rather than in a shop
- Accumulate - to get more and more of something over a period of time
- Full-frontal - direct
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Cash-and-carry - a large shop where people can buy large amounts of goods at a cheap price, often so that they can then sell them in their own shops
- Curb - to control or limit something
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) - an investment in the form of a controlling ownership in a business in one country by an entity based in another country
- Ostensibly - used for saying that although someone pretends to have one reason for something, there is in fact another reason
- Belying - to represent something falsely or to hide something
- Facing heat - to be in a difficult situation in which you have to deal with a lot of problems
- Brick-and-mortar - a brick-and-mortar business is a traditional business that does not operate on the Internet
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Ruffle - to move something
- Extant - still existing, usually despite being very old
- Inefficacy - lack of power to produce a desired effect
- Lobby - an organized group of people who represent a particular area of business or society and try to influence others
- Determined - not willing to let anything prevent you from doing what you have decided to do
- Resist - to oppose or fight against someone or something
- Turn around - to stop being unsuccessful and to start being successful, or to make something do this
- Assess - to carefully consider a situation, person, or problem in order to make a judgment
- Integrate - to make someone become a full member of a group or society and be involved completely in its activities
- Nuance - a slight difference that may be difficult to notice but is fairly important
- Debate - a discussion in which people or groups state different opinions about a subject
- Versus - used for stating that two things are being compared in order to show that they are different or that one is better than the other
- Safeguard - to protect something or someone from being harmed or having problems
- Overcome - to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Mahathir’s surprise: on the Malaysian elections"
- Veteran - someone who has a lot of experience doing a particular activity
- Spectacular - extremely impressive
- Victory - the fact of winning a competition or battle, or an occasion when someone wins
- Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- Spur - something that encourages someone to do something
- Preeminence - the fact of surpassing all others; superiority
- Pervasive - spreading through the whole of something and becoming a very obvious feature of it
- In the offing - likely to happen very soon
- Looming - if something unpleasant or difficult looms, it seems likely to happen soon
- Alliance - a group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims
- Resounding - complete: used for emphasizing how successful or unsuccessful someone or something is
- Outgoing - soon to leave a position of authority or power
- Salvage - to succeed in achieving something in a situation or action that has been a failure
- Stringent - stringent rules or conditions are strict and make you achieve high standards
- Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
- Meddling - to become involved in a situation that you have no right to be involved in, in a way that is annoying
- Constituency - a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament
- Generous - giving people more of your time or money than is usual or expected
- Handout - an amount of money or goods given to people who need them
- Do the trick - to do what is needed in order to achieve something
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- Oust - to remove someone from a position of power, especially in order to take that position
- Handpicked - chosen very carefully for a particular purpose
- Overthrow - to force a leader or government out of their position of power
- Protégé - a young person who receives help or training from an older experienced person
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Embezzlement - to steal money that people trust you to look after as part of your work
- Scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- Sovereign - an old unit of money in the form of a gold coin
- Dent - to have a bad effect on something
- Reputation - the opinion that people have about how good or how bad someone or something is
- Credentials - personal qualities, achievements, or experiences that make someone suitable for something
- Forge - to develop a successful relationship, especially in business or politics, with another country, organization, or person
- Arch-rival - the main person, company etc that you compete with in sport, business etc
- Coincide - to happen at the same time as something else
- Commodity - something that can be bought and sold, especially a basic food product or fuel
- Heavyweight - someone or something that has a lot of influence, status, or knowledge
- Grandstanding - behaviour that is intended to get public attention and approval
- Well-being - the satisfactory state that someone or something should be in
- Emphasis - special importance or attention that is given to one thing in particular
- Sermon - a talk in which someone tells you how to behave in a morally correct way, although you do not want to hear it
- Diminish - to reduce or be reduced in size or importance
- Appetite - a feeling of being very interested in something or of wanting it very much
- Recast - to change the way that someone or something is or appears to be
- Uphold - to defend or keep a principle or law, or to say that a decision that has already been made, especially a legal one, is correct
- Strike a chord - to produce an emotion such as sympathy in someone
- Domestic - relating to the country being talked about, and not other countries
- Belt - an area of land where there is a particular industry, activity etc
- Democratic - based on the principle that all people are equal and should be able to share in making decisions
- Accountability - a situation in which people know who is responsible for something and can ask them to explain its state or quality
- Stumbling block - a difficulty that causes mistakes or prevents progress
- Consolidating - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Integration - the process of combining with other things in a single larger unit or system
- Subject to something - likely to experience something or to be affected by something
- Pardon - to forgive someone for something they have said or done
- Statesman - an experienced political leader that many people respect
- Gesture - an action that expresses your feelings or intentions
- Epoch - a long period of time, especially one in which there are new developments and great change
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