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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Reduce, segregate: On plastic ban"
- Segregate - to keep one thing separate from another
- Substitute - to use something new or different instead of what is normally used
- Incentive - something that makes you want to do something or to work harder, because you know that you will benefit by doing this
- Disposal - the process of getting rid of something
- Extreme - very great in degree
- Disruptive - causing difficulties that interrupt something or prevent it from continuing
- Famed - known by many people for a particular quality or achievement
- Resilience - ability to quickly return to a previous good condition
- In the face of something - in a situation where you have to deal with something unpleasant or difficult
- Adapt - to change your ideas or behaviour so that you can deal with a new situation
- Stemming - to stop something from spreading or increasing, especially something bad
- Tide - a tendency of events to develop in a particular way
- Imperative - extremely important and urgent
- Host - to arrange a special event and provide the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
- High-profile - attracting a lot of attention and interest from the public and newspapers, television, etc
- Pledge - to promise seriously and publicly to do something
- Acclaim - public praise for someone or something
- Do away with - to get rid of something
- Backed - supported
- Action plan - a detailed set of instructions to follow in order to solve a problem or achieve something
- In sync - working together at the same time, at the same speed, or in the same way
- Recycle - to change waste materials such as newspapers and bottles so that they can be used again
- Uninspiring - not making you feel interested or excited
- Lackadaisical - doing something in a lazy or careless way that shows that you are not really interested in it
- At odds with - disagreeing with someone
- Got down to - to start doing something seriously or with a lot of effort
- Bureau - an organization that provides information or services
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Dump - to put something somewhere in a careless way, especially something that is heavy
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Disposal - the process of getting rid of something
- Abide by - to follow a rule, decision, or instruction
- Cutlery - the knives, forks, and spoons that you use for eating food
- Pellet - a small round piece of a substance
- Inexpensive - something that is inexpensive does not cost much money
- Scourge - something that causes a lot of trouble or harm
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Erdoğan’s day: On Turkey polls"
- Breez through - to do something very easily or confidently
- Wield - to have and be able to use power or influence
- Enhanced - made better, especially by artificial methods
- Authoritarian - controlling everything and forcing people to obey strict rules and laws
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Sweeping - not based on specific facts or details and therefore not completely accurate or fair
- Referendum - an occasion when everyone in a country can vote to make a decision about one particular subject
- Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
- Emergency - an unexpected situation involving danger in which immediate action is necessary
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Coup - an occasion when a group of people takes control of a country, usually by means of military force
- Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- End up - to be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it
- Constitutional - allowed by the constitution of a country or organization
- Compact - a formal agreement between two or more people, organizations, or countries
- Secular - not religious, or not connected with religion
- Conservative - someone who is not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society
- Distrust - to not trust someone or something
- Polarise - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other, or to cause this to happen
- Neo - modern, or new
- Consolidation - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Backlash - a strong, negative, and often angry reaction to something that has happened, especially a political or social change
- Faltering - becoming less effective and successful
- Plunging - dropping suddenly
- Inflation - an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable
- Depreciating - to become less valuable than before
- Lira - the unit of money that is used in Turkey and Syria
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- Revive - to become, or to make something become, active, successful, or popular again
- Retain - to keep someone or something
- Embolden - to give someone more confidence to do something
- Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
- Authoritarian - demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish
- Critic - someone who says that they do not approve of someone or something
- Belligerent - wishing to fight or argue
- Silver lining - used for saying that there is usually a good aspect of a bad situation
- Triumphalism - an unpleasant show of pleasure and satisfaction because you have won or done better than someone
- Graceful - showing good manners and respect for other people
- Pluralist - a person who believes that the existence of different types of people, beliefs, and opinions within a society is a good thing
- Blight - something that spoils or has a very bad effect on something, often for a long time
- Ethnic - relating to a particular race of people
- Civil war - a war fought by different groups of people living in the same country
- Hyper-nationalist - related to the belief in the superiority of one's nation
- Authoritarian - demanding that people obey completely and refusing to allow them freedom to act as they wish
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