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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 10th June 2018 (Sunday)
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 11th June 2018 from HERE
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "No easy solutions: on tackling NPAs"
- Tackling - to make an organized and determined attempt to deal with a problem
- Bad bank - a bank that takes bad assets (= assets that have lost their value) and bad loans (= debts that are unlikely to be paid back) from other banks or organizations and deals with them in order to help with economic problems
- Magic bullet - a quick and easy solution to a very difficult problem
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Assess - to carefully consider a situation, person, or problem in order to make a judgment
- Bad loan - a loan where repayments are not being made as originally agreed between the borrower and the lender, and which may never be repaid
- Panel - a group of people who make decisions or judgments
- Rehabilitation - the action of restoring something that has been damaged to its former condition
- Fester - if a problem or unpleasant feeling festers, it becomes worse because no one has dealt with it
- Over-leveraged - (of a company) having taken on too much debt
- Afresh - in a new or different way
- Cagey - not saying much about something, because you do not want people to know very much
- Overhang - to have a negative effect on a situation
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen
- So-called - used to show that you think a word that is used to describe someone or something is not suitable or not correct
- Balance sheet - a written statement showing the value of a company at a particular time
- Entail - if a situation or action entails a particular thing, it involves having or doing that thing
- Envisage - to have something as a plan or an intention
- Transaction - the action or process of buying or selling something
- Deploy - to use something
- Dramatically - in a sudden and surprising way that is easy to notice
- Window-dressing - something that is intended to seem impressive but does not have any real effect
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Comptroller - someone whose job is to look after the financial aspects of an organization
- Auditor - someone whose job is to officially examine the financial records of a company, organization, or person to see that they are accurate
- Vigilance - the activity of watching a person or situation very carefully so that you will notice any problems or signs of danger immediately
- Intent - the intention to do something
- Sluggish - not performing or reacting as well as usual
- Sort out - to do what is necessary to deal with a problem, disagreement, or difficult situation successfully
- Amend - to make changes to a document, law, agreement etc, especially in order to improve it
- Witch-hunt - an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular and who are said to be a danger to society
- Demonstrable - able to be proved or shown
- Wilful defaulter - a person that has not paid the loan back despite the ability to repay it
- Ail - to have a bad or harmful effect on someone or something
- Insolvency - not having enough money to pay what you owe
- Bankruptcy - a situation in which a person or business has officially admitted that they have no money and cannot pay what they owe
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Ceasing fire: on truce in Afghanistan"
- Ceasing - to stop happening or continuing
- Truce - an agreement between two people or groups involved in a war, fight, or disagreement to stop it for a period of time
- Reciprocal - done according to an arrangement by which you do something for someone who does the same thing for you
- Troops - soldiers, especially in large numbers
- Glimmer - a soft weak light that is not steady
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Unconditional - without limits or conditions
- Breakthrough - a time when you begin to be successful at something
- Acknowledge - to accept or admit that something exists, is true, or is real
- Unmistakably - very easy to recognize
- Reciprocity - a situation in which you do the same thing for someone that they have done for you
- Reach out to somebody - to try to communicate with a person or a group of people
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Upending - to turn something upside down
- Shun - to deliberately avoid a person, place, or activity
- Uncertainty - a nervous feeling that you have because you think bad things might happen
- Gambit - something that you say or do in an attempt to gain an advantage
- Stalemate - a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree
- Enormous - very large in size or quantity
- Swathe - a large area of land
- Rural - relating to the countryside, or in the countryside
- Mountainous - covered with mountains
- Retain - to keep someone or something
- Overthrowing - to force a leader or government out of their position of power
- Ally - a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war
- Regime - a system or form of government
- Appetite - a feeling of being very interested in something or of wanting it very much
- Set the scene - to create the conditions that make it possible for an event to happen
- Productive - achieving good results
- Truce - an agreement between two people or groups involved in a war, fight, or disagreement to stop it for a period of time
- Precarious - likely to change or become dangerous without warning
- Bottleneck - a specific problem in part of a process, that causes delays to the whole process
- Gesture - a movement that communicates a feeling or instruction
- Bring something to the table - to provide something that will be a benefit
- Decisive - making the final result of a situation completely certain
- Misery - the state of being extremely unhappy or uncomfortable
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