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Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 16th May 2018 from HERE
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Karnataka Assembly elections: Third-place winner ?"
- Mandate - the authority of an elected government or official to do the things that they promised to do before an election
- Dominant - more important, powerful, or successful than the other people or things of the same type
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Fragmented - broken / damaged
- Stake claim to something - to say or show clearly that you consider that something is or should be yours
- Retain - to keep someone or something
- Respectable - if an amount is respectable, it is good enough
- Reaching out to somebody - to try to communicate with a person or a group of people, usually in order to help or involve them
- Back - support
- In contrast - used when you are comparing two things or people and saying that the second one is very different from the first
- Overture - a suggestion or offer that you make to someone
- Absolute - very great, or complete
- Majority - the number of votes by which a person or party wins an election
- Right under its nose - to be in a place that you can clearly see
- Turn down - to not accept an offer or request
- Bruised - hurt as a result of a bad experience
- Bargain - an agreement in which two people or groups each promise to do something
- Subvert - to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics etc
- Hung Assembly - a situation in which no particular political party has an absolute majority
- Constituency - a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament
- Vote-base - a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office
- Controversy - a disagreement, especially about a public policy or a moral issue that a lot of people have strong feelings about
- Emerging - just beginning to exist or be noticed
- Contender - someone who competes with other people for a prize or job
- Convention - a way of behaving that is generally accepted as being normal and right
- Common sense - the ability to use good judgment and make sensible decisions
- Ordinarily - in normal situations
- Defection - the act of leaving a country, political party, etc. to go to another one
- Confidence vote - a vote in which members of a group are asked to indicate that they still support the person or group in power, usually the government
- Spectacle - an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention
- Horse-trading - unofficial discussion in which people make agreements that provide both sides with advantages
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Cauvery water issue: At last, a scheme"
- Basin - a large area of land whose surface water all flows into a particular river or lake
- Muster - to produce or encourage something such as an emotion or support
- Draft - something such as a plan, letter, or drawing that may have changes made to it before it is finished
- Apportion - to divide something such as payments between two or more people, organizations etc
- Riparian - relating to people or things that are associated with, inhabiting, or situated on the bank of a river
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Tribunal - a special law court organized to judge a particular case
- Tier - one of several levels in an organization or system
- Apex - the most important or successful part of something
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Regulation - control of an activity, process, or industry by official rules
- Fairly - to some degree, but not completely or extremely
- Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
- Supervision - to watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly, safely, etc
- Reservoir - an artificial or natural lake where water is stored so that it can be supplied to the houses in an area
- Binding - if an agreement, contract, decision etc is binding, you must do what it says
- Ambiguous - confusing or not definite, and therefore difficult to understand
- Clause - a part of a legal document or law that officially states that something must be done
- Enabling - used about laws that allow a government to introduce other laws at a later date
- Resolve - to solve a problem, or to find a satisfactory way of dealing with a disagreement
- Stand-off - a disagreement or fight in which neither opponent can do anything to win or achieve their aim
- Intervene - to become involved in a situation in order to try to stop or change it
- Allay - if you allay feelings such as fears, worries, or doubts, you make someone feel less afraid, worried, or full of doubt
- Apprehension - a feeling of worry or fear that something bad might happen
- Partisan - showing strong and usually unfair support for one particular person, group, or idea
- Final say - responsibility for making a decision, although other people can give their opinion first
- Envisage - to have something as a plan or an intention
- Irrigation - related to supply land with water so that crops and plants will grow
- Eminent - famous, respected, or important
- Administrator - someone whose job is to manage a business, organization, or institution
- Composition - the way that something is formed from separate parts or people
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Autonomy - a situation in which a state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Rigorous - thorough and careful
- Adjudication - to make an official decision about a problem or disagreement
- Contour - a way in which something varies
- Comply with - to obey a rule or law, or to do what someone asks you to do
- Concerning - about a particular subject
- Livelihood - something such as your work that provides the money that you need to live
- Entrust - to give someone responsibility for an important job or activity
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