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Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 14th June 2018 from HERE
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Green ambitions — on renewable energy targets"
- Ambition - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve
- Renewable energy - renewable energy and natural materials replace themselves by natural processes, so that they are never completely used up
- Tweak - to make small changes in order to improve something
- Incentive - something that encourages a person to do something
- Overshoot - to go past or beyond a limit
- Gigawatt - a unit of power equal to one billion watts or 1000 megawatts
- Interim - temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent exists
- Milestone - an important event in the development or history of something or in someone's life
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Augment - to increase the size, amount, or value of something
- Blistering - used for emphasizing the force or speed with which something is done
- Pace - the speed at which someone or something moves, or with which something happens or changes
- Erratic - changing often or not following a regular pattern, so that it is difficult to know what will happen next
- Creaky - no longer working well or in good condition
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Tariff - a tax
- Wafer-thin - extremely thin
- Trajectory - the way in which a process or event develops over a period of time
- Obstacle - a difficulty or problem that prevents you from achieving something
- Cap - to set a limit
- Prioritise - to decide in what order you should do things, based on how important or urgent they are
- Uncertainty - a nervous feeling that you have because you think bad things might happen
- Loom large - to have a lot of importance or influence over someone or something
- Photovoltaic cell - a piece of equipment that changes light into electricity
- Safeguard - to protect something or someone from being harmed or having problems
- Import - a product from another country, that is bought with money from your country
- Directorate - a part of a government department that deals with a particular area of activity
- Remedy - a solution to a particular problem
- Body blow - a serious problem or a great disappointment, especially one that is sudden and unexpected
- Rely - to depend on or trust someone or something
- Threatening - showing or saying that someone is likely to do something that will harm you
- Rooftop - used about something that is built on a roof
- Compound - a combination of things
- Elsewhere - in or to another place or other places
- Hold off - to deliberately delay doing something
- Implausible - difficult to accept as true
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Golden feet — 2018 FIFA World Cup"
- Flurry - a short period of activity or emotion
- Overwhelming - much larger, stronger, more important etc than anything else in a situation
- Revive - to become, or to make something become, active, successful, or popular again
- Humiliating - making you feel very embarrassed and ashamed
- Semifinal - one of the two games that are played immediately before the last game in a sports competition
- Shunning - to deliberately avoid a person, place, or activity
- Predecessor - the person who had a job or official position before someone else
- Captivating - very interesting or attractive in a way that takes all your attention
- Reigning - being the most recent winner of a competition
- Inflict - to cause something unpleasant to happen
- World-class - one of the best in the world
- Supremely - extremely, or to the highest possible degree
- Revitalise - to make something that is failing or weak become strong and successful again
- Sack - to tell someone that they can no longer work at their job
- Powerhouse - a person or thing that has a lot of strength or energy
- Squad - a sports team
- Retain - to keep someone or something
- Cohesion - a situation in which people or things combine well to form a unit
- Roster - a list of all the players who belong to a particular team
- Jaw-dropping - very surprising; astonishing
- Endure - to suffer something difficult or unpleasant in a patient way over a long period
- Heartbreak - a feeling of great sadness
- Runner-up - a person or team that does not win a competition or race but is second, or is close to winning
- Penalty shoot-out - in football, a series of chances to kick the ball into the goal, given to both teams as a way of deciding who wins the game when both teams have the same score
- Persuade - to make someone agree to do something by giving them reasons why they should
- Contend - to claim that something is true
- There is no denying - used for saying that something is clearly true
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Immortalise - to make someone or something famous for a very long time
- Glory - admiration and praise that you get because you have done something impressive
- Phenomenal - extremely impressive or surprising
- Strained - not relaxed or friendly
- Reputation - the opinion that people have about how good or how bad someone or something is
- Massive - very large or heavy
- Doping - the use of drugs to enhance sporting performance
- Scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Wrongdoing - behaviour that is illegal or not moral
- Spotlight - a situation in which you get a lot of public attention
- At stake - if something like money, a job, or someone's reputation is at stake, it is in danger of being lost because of a particular situation
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