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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 29th May 2018 from HERE
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 29th May 2018 from HERE
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Talk it over: the Centre's role in J&K"
- Talk over - to discuss a problem or a plan
- Initiative - an important action that is intended to solve a problem
- Suspension - the act of officially stopping something for a period of time
- Significant - very important
- Take tough line - to deal with someone or something in a very firm or strict way and refuse to change your opinion or decision
- Helter-skelter - in a hurry and without planning or organization
- Sympathise - to approve of and support someone or something
- Statistical - a collection of numerical facts or measurements, as about people, business conditions, or weather
- Hardline - strict or extreme in your beliefs or opinions, and not willing to change them
- Set off - to cause something to operate
- Wave of - a sudden strong feeling or emotion that a person or group of people has
- Funeral - a ceremony that takes place after someone dies
- Disaffection - the state of no longer feeling loyal towards a group or organization
- Take stock (of something) - to spend some time thinking about the situation that you are in before you decide what to do next
- Dramatically - in a sudden and surprising way that is easy to notice
- Interlocutor - someone who takes part in talks as a representative of another person or organization
- Valley - a low area of land between mountains or hills, usually with a river flowing through it
- Nudge - to make something move gradually or a little way in a particular direction
- Amnesty - a situation in which a government agrees not to punish people who have committed a particular crime
- Stone-pelters - people who throw stones with force at someone or something
- Cease - to stop happening or continuing
- Recast - to change the way that someone or something is or appears to be
- Give a pause - to cause someone to stop and think about what they were doing or intending to do
- Seemingly - in a way that appears to have a particular quality, even though this is probably not true
- Unending - continuing without stopping, or seeming to last for ever
- To start with - used for introducing the first or the most important point to support an argument or opinion
- Stifle - to stop something from developing normally
- Cordon - a line of people, especially police officers or soldiers, that stops other people from going somewhere
- Orchard - an area of land where fruit trees are grown
- Harvest - to collect a crop from the fields
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
- Subvert - to attack or harm a government or established system of law, politics etc
- Vested interest - a special reason for wanting things to happen in a particular way, because you will benefit from this
- Resolution - the action of solving a problem or dealing with a disagreement in a satisfactory way
- Alienation - to cause someone or a group of people to stop supporting and agreeing with you
- Amid - if something happens amid particular feelings or events, it happens while people have these feelings or while these events are happening
- Polarise - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other, or to cause this to happen
- Anxiety - a worried feeling you have because you think something bad might happen
- Window of opportunity - an opportunity to do something that will only be available to you for a short time
- Seize - to gain control in a situation
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The roaring thirties: on CSK's triumph"
- Roaring - loud and powerful
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Squad - a sports team
- Formidable - very impressive in size, power, or skill and therefore deserving respect and often difficult to deal with
- Premier - best, largest, or most important
- League - a group of teams or players who regularly compete against one another, put in order according to how many points they have won
- Inevitability - the fact that something is certain to happen
- Consistent - continuing or developing steadily in the same way
- Inception - the beginning of something
- Pivotal - extremely important and affecting how something develops
- Clash - an important game or competition between two teams or players
- Triumph - to win a great victory, or to have a great success
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- 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
- Credit to - to say that someone has achieved something because of a particular thing
- Skipper - someone who is in charge of a team. The more formal word is captain
- Signature - used to describe the product or service that a company or person is known for
- Unflappable - calm and relaxed, and not easily upset or worried
- Coast - to achieve success very easily or with very little effort
- Nail-biting - a nail-biting situation makes you very excited or worried
- Dugout - a small shelter by the side of a sports field where team members sit during a game when they are not playing
- Undemonstrative - tending not to express your feelings towards other people, for example by not kissing or touching them
- Gamut - the complete range of things of a particular type
- Demeanour - the way you look and behave
- Antidote - something that helps to improve the effects of something bad or negative
- Frenzied - done in an extremely uncontrolled way
- Inasmuch as - used for adding a comment that explains or makes clearer what you have just said
- Protest - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Season - a period of the year when a particular sport is played
- Discard - to get rid of something that you no longer want or need
- Get past - if something such as a proposal gets past someone, or if you get it past someone, it is accepted by someone who has the power to stop it happening
- Colossus - someone or something that is very large or impressive
- Retention - the ability to keep workers or customers from leaving a company, or students from leaving a school
- Core - the most important or most basic part of something
- Adulation - great praise or admiration, especially for someone who is famous
- Pulse-pounding - some thing that increases the heartbeat rate
- Preordained - something that is preordained is certain to happen and cannot be changed
- Preparatory - done as preparation for something else
- Turmoil - a state of excitement or uncontrolled activity
- Tampering - the illegal act of touching or making changes to something when you should not
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Tainted - something that is tainted is spoilt by an unpleasant feature or quality that often makes people not want to be involved with it
- Stand down - to leave a job or position, especially an important one
- Hot seat - a difficult position in which you are responsible for decisions and problems that may make many people angry
- In tandem - together and at the same time
- Agility - the ability to move about quickly and easily
- Limelight - a situation in which you are getting a lot of interest and attention from the newspapers, television etc
- Springboard - something that helps you to become successful
- Stardust - an imaginary shiny powder with magic power
- Cautionary - warning someone that they should be careful
- Grim - grim news, situations, or events are unpleasant and make you feel upset and worried
- Province - one of many areas into which some countries are divided
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