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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 9th May 2018 from HERE
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 9th May 2018 from HERE
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "For a fair trial: on shifting the Kathua rape and murder case"
- Fair - reasonable and morally right
- Trial - the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent
- Warranted - necessary
- Abduction - to take someone away from their home, family etc using force
- Neighbouring - near each other
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Horrific - so shocking that it upsets you
- Nomadic - moving from place to place rather than staying in one place
- Sectarian - caused by disagreements among people from different religious groups
- Contradiction - a difference in two or more statements, ideas, stories etc that makes it impossible for both or all of them to be true
- Communal - relating to a particular community
- Heckle - to interrupt with loud, unfriendly statements or questions
- Charge sheet - an official record in which the police write down the names of people they have accused of a crime
- Atmosphere - the mood or feeling that exists in a place and affects the people who are there
- Vitiate - to make something less effective or legally acceptable
- Fortunately - used for emphasizing that something good has happened
- Countenance - to approve of something, or to allow something to happen
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Inaction - the failure to do anything, especially when you should do something
- Empower - to give someone more control over their life or more power to do something
- Jurisdiction - the right or power to make legal decisions
- Aggrieved - feeling angry and unhappy because you think you have been treated in an unfair way
- Solely - involving nothing except the person or thing mentioned
- Victim - someone who has been harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
- Accused - a specific person that is accused of a crime in a court of law
- Witness - someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen
- In addition - used for adding an extra piece of information to what has already been said or written
- Hearing - a meeting of a court of law or official organization to find out the facts about something
- Adjournment - the temporary ending of a meeting or trial
- Cross-examination - to ask a witness questions during a trial after another lawyer has already asked them questions
- Prosecutor - a lawyer whose job is to prove in court that someone accused of a crime is guilty
- Apex - the most important or top part of something
- Instill - to make someone have a particular feeling or belief
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Guilty - someone who is guilty has committed a crime
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The age of Putin"
- Term - a period of time during which a politician or other official holds their job
- Diplomatically - related to the management of the relationships between countries
- Credit with - to say or believe that someone is responsible for a particular achievement
- Stabilising - to reach a state where there are no longer any major changes or problems
- Chaos - a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess
- Strongman - a political leader who uses force or threats to keep power
- Bolster - to make something stronger or more effective
- Suffocating - preventing something or someone from improving or developing
- Coterie - a small group of people who do things together
- Prominent - important and well known
- Rendered - to provide a service, or to give help to someone or something
- Coronation - a ceremony at which someone officially becomes king or queen
- Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
- Protest - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Elsewhere - in or to another place or other places
- Daunting - something that is daunting makes you worried because you think that it will be very difficult or dangerous to do
- Confrontational - behaving in a way that shows you want to have an argument or fight with someone
- Inaugural speech - an inaugural speech is one made by someone to celebrate the start of an important new job
- Domestic - relating to the country being talked about, and not other countries
- Recession - a period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment
- Muscular - very strong
- Fierce - involving very strong feelings such as determination, anger, or hate
- In your (own) backyard - in a place close to you, or in a situation that you are directly involved in
- Shied away - to avoid someone, or to be unwilling to do something, because you are nervous, afraid, or not confident
- Assert - to speak or behave in a firm, confident way
- Troops - soldiers, especially in large numbers
- Annex - to take control of a country or region by force
- Deteriorating - becoming worse
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Hostility - opposition to something
- Cold War - unfriendly relations between countries who are not at war with each other
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Succeed - to achieve something that you planned to do or attempted to do
- Confrontational - behaving in a way that shows you want to have an argument or fight with someone
- Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
- Turn to - to go to someone for help when you are having difficulty dealing with a situation
- Enhance - to improve something, or to make it more attractive or more valuable
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
- Balancing act - the process of trying to achieve something that different groups will all be satisfied with
- Appetite - a feeling of being very interested in something or of wanting it very much
- Picking fight - to intentionally start a fight
- Dictatorship - government by someone who takes power by force and does not allow elections
- Dwindling - to become gradually less or smaller over a period of time until almost nothing remains
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