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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Free fall: on TN govt's attack on press freedom"
- Free fall - an occasion when a price or value suddenly becomes much lower
- Press freedom - the right of newspapers to publish stories and articles without being controlled by the government
- Inescapable - impossible to avoid or ignore
- Penal code - a system of laws dealing with the punishment of crimes
- Pertain to - to be directly related to something
- Enmity - a feeling of strong dislike or opposition between people
- Unspeakable - used for emphasizing how bad something is and how much it upsets you
- Appalling - very unpleasant and shocking
- Remark - a few words that give the facts or your opinion about someone or something
- Roundtable discussion - a round-table discussion or meeting is one in which everyone has the same status and rights
- Right-wing - considered to be conservative ( not willing to accept much change) in your political views
- Disruptive - causing difficulties that interrupt something or prevent it from continuing
- Inflammatory - likely to make people feel angry
- Protest - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Air - to broadcast something on radio or television
- Debate - a discussion in which people or groups state different opinions about a subject
- Protracted - continuing for a long time, especially longer than is normal or necessary
- Agitation - an attempt to cause social or political changes by arguing or protesting, or through other activities
- Politicise - to bring an issue, organization, way of doing something etc to the attention of the public so that it can be discussed
- Evoke - to bring a particular emotion, idea, or memory into your mind
- Radical - believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or political change
- Divergent - things that are divergent are different from each other
- Host - to arrange a special event and provides the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
- Merely - only / just
- Vindictive - someone who is vindictive is cruel to anyone who hurts them and will not forgive them
- Insidious - something that is insidious is dangerous because it seems to be harmless or not important but in fact causes harm or damage
- Intimidate - to deliberately make someone feel frightened, especially so that they will do what you want
- Cluster - a small group of people or things that are very close to each other
- Subscriber - someone who pays money in order to receive something regularly, for example copies of a newspaper or magazine, or a service
- Lately - within the recent past
- Apprehension - a feeling of worry or fear that something bad might happen
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Disrupt - to interrupt something and prevent it from continuing by creating a problem
- Rationale - the set of reasons that something such as a plan or belief is based on
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "All in the name: on Skopje ending dispute with Athens"
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Long-standing - having existed for a long time
- Resolve - to solve or end a problem or difficulty
- Festering - if a problem or unpleasant feeling festers, it becomes worse because no one has dealt with it
- Disintegration - to be completely destroyed by breaking into lots of very small pieces
- Landmark - a major event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process and makes progress possible
- Christen - to give a name to someone or something
- Veto - to officially refuse to approve or allow something
- Lock horns - to begin to argue or fight
- Proclaim - to state something publicly
- Province - one of many areas into which some countries are divided
- Evocative - an evocative work of art expresses something very clearly and makes you have a strong reaction to it
- Insist - to say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
- Neighbour - someone or something that is close to a particular person, place, or thing
- Negotiate - to try to reach an agreement by discussing something in a formal way, especially in a business or political situation
- Interim - intended to last or perform an activity only until someone or something permanent or final is available
- Deadlock - a situation in which neither person or group involved in a disagreement is willing to change their opinions or position
- Handsome - a handsome amount of money is large
- Aid - money, food, or other help that an organization or government gives to a country or area where people need it, for example because of a war or flood
- Apprehension - the act of arresting someone
- Depict - to describe someone or something using words or pictures
- Heat up - if a situation heats up, it becomes more exciting, dangerous, or serious
- Erection - the act of building or making a structure
- Resembling - to be similar to someone or something, especially in appearance
- Resist - to oppose or fight against someone or something
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Ticklish - a ticklish problem or situation is difficult to deal with without upsetting anyone
- Insistence - a very firm statement that something must happen or that something is true
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Realm - a particular area of knowledge, experience, interest etc
- Survive - to continue to exist, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation
- Vote of no confidence - a voting process in which people show that they do not support a person or group in power
- Ratification - the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Counterpart - someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another person or thing, but in a different country, time, situation, or organization
- Awkward - difficult to deal with and embarrassing
- Referendum - an occasion when everyone in a country can vote to make a decision about one particular subject
- Hurdle - one of several problems that you must solve before you can do something successfully
- Insurmountable - impossible to deal with successfully
- Resolution - the action of solving a problem or dealing with a disagreement in a satisfactory way
- Treaty - an official written agreement between two or more countries
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