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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 26th May 2018 from HERE
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 26th May 2018 from HERE
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Unified field theory: on non-BJP alliance"
- Unified - behaving or treated as one group, country, or system
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Opposition parties - the political parties in a country that are not part of the government
- Agenda - all the things that need to be done or that need to be thought about or solved
- Tactical - a tactical action is one that you do as part of a plan for achieving what you want
- A string of - a set of
- Ideological - related to a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based
- Paper over - to try to hide a problem or disagreement instead of finding a satisfactory solution to it
- Tactic - a particular method or plan for achieving something
- Rework - to change something in order to improve it
- Quest - a long difficult search
- Consecutive - following one after another in order and with nothing else in between
- Stitch together - to create or form something quickly or roughly
- Secular - not religious, or not connected with religion
- Swearing-in - an official ceremony in which someone beginning an important job formally promises to do their duty
- Significant - very important
- Win over - to persuade someone to agree with you or to be friendly to you
- Dais - a platform in a room that you stand on to make a speech
- Constituency - a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament
- By-election - an election in one particular area to choose a new representative in parliament or on a council, or to replace someone who has died or left the job
- Rational - based on sensible practical reasons rather than emotions
- Cross-voting - voting for a party one does not belong to, or for more than one party
- Engineer - to arrange for something to happen, especially in a useful and skilful way
- Determination - refusal to let anything prevent you from doing what you have decided to do
- Galvanise - to shock or affect someone enough to produce a strong and immediate reaction
- Elsewhere - in or to another place or other places
- Make the most of something - to take full advantage of something because it may not last long
- Disparate - disparate things belong to very different groups or classes
- Antipathy - a strong feeling of not liking someone or something
- Rivalry - a situation in which people, teams, businesses etc compete with one another
- Dissimilitude - a difference, or the state of being different
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Arrayed against - ready to oppose or fight a person, group, or idea
- Principal - main, or most important
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Amenable - willing to do something or to agree with someone
- Viable - able to be done, or worth doing
- In unison - in agreement
- Step back - to stop for a moment in order to consider something
- Accommodate - to consider and include something when you are deciding what to do
- Yoking together - if people, animals, or things are yoked, or are yoked together, they are connected or joined
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Missed opportunity: on cancellation of Trump-Kim summit"
- Summit - a meeting or series of meetings between leaders of two or more countries
- Mis-step - a mistake, especially one caused by bad judgment
- Unravel - if a process or project unravels, it begins to fail
- Abrupt - sudden and unexpected, often in an unpleasant way
- Call off - to decide that something will not happen
- Dashed - used for emphasizing what you are saying, especially when you are annoyed about something
- Breakthrough - an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem
- Heighten - if something heightens a feeling or emotion, or if a feeling or emotion heightens, it becomes stronger
- Confrontation - a situation in which people or groups are arguing angrily or are fighting
- Peninsula - a long piece of land that is mostly surrounded by water, but is joined at one end to a larger area of land
- Unusual - not normal, common, or ordinary
- Diplomacy - the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Full circle - if a situation comes, goes, or turns full circle, it becomes the same again as it was at the beginning
- Landmark - important and likely to influence future actions or decisions
- Agenda - a list of aims or possible future achievements
- Acrimony - angry and unpleasant words and feelings
- Utterance - a statement
- Gestures - a movement that communicates a feeling or instruction
- Demilitarise - to remove military forces from an area
- Pledge - to promise seriously and publicly to do something
- Halt - a temporary or permanent stop in a process
- Dismantle - to end a political or economic system or get rid of an institution
- Critic - someone who does not like something and states their opinion about it
- Inoperable - not working or capable of being used successfully
- Nonetheless - despite what has just been said
- Take account of something - to consider something when you are trying to make a decision
- Harp on - to talk or complain about something many times
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to impress people but is not honest
- Goodwill - a feeling of wanting to be friendly and helpful to someone
- Drill - a way of training people so that they know what to do when there is an emergency
- Slam - to criticize someone or something severely
- Under way - already started or happening
- Disarmament - a process by which a country reduces or gets rid of its weapons or armed forces
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Meet the same fate - to face what happens to a particular person or thing, especially something final or negative, such as death or defeat
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Invasion - an occasion when one country’s army goes into another country to take control of it by force
- Trigger - to make something happen
- Showdown - a big meeting, argument, or fight that finally settles a disagreement between people or proves who is the best
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Eventual - happening or existing at the end of a process or period of time
- One-to-one - involving only two people
- Conciliatory - trying to end an argument and make people feel less angry
- Unilaterally - done or decided by one country, group, or person, often without considering what other countries etc think or want
- Keep something in mind - to remember something, especially something that will be important in the future
- De-escalation - to (cause to) become less dangerous or difficult
- Outright - used for emphasizing that something happens or is done completely at one time or in a single process
- Denuclearisation - the process of removing nuclear weapons from a country or countries
- Reschedule - to change the time when something is planned to happen
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Crisis - a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering
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