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June 08, 2018

8th June 2018 Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - PDF Download

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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 8th June 2018. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper

Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 8th June 2018 from HERE


  • Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
  • Ally - someone who is ready to help you, especially against someone else who is causing problems for you
  • Sought-after - wanted by many people but not easy to get
  • Supplicant - someone who requests something from someone powerful
  • Potential - possible or likely in the future
  • Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
  • Affinity - a natural understanding and sympathy between people
  • Mouthpiece - newspapers and magazines which expresses the opinions and beliefs of a government, an organization
  • Insist - to keep saying very firmly that something is true, even when other people will not believe you
  • Supremo - someone who is in charge of an organization or an activity involving many people
  • Assertion - a definite statement or claim that something is true
  • Stormy - involving a lot of anger or arguments
  • Unquestioned - considered by everyone to be true, correct, honest, important etc
  • Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
  • Domineering - trying to control other people and make them obey you
  • Retrieve - to get something back
  • Cede - to allow someone to take something such as power or land away from you
  • Push around - to keep telling someone what to do in an unfair and unpleasant way
  • Chauvinist - someone who believes that their own country, race, sex, or group is better than any other
  • Strident - holding firm opinions or beliefs and tending to express them frequently, in a way that offends some people
  • Equilibrium - a situation in which there is a balance between different forces or aspects
  • By-election - an election in one particular area to choose a new representative in parliament or on a council, or to replace someone who has died or left the job
  • Desertion - the act of leaving someone behind in a difficult situation
  • Decline - to become less or worse
  • Assessment - the process of making a judgment or forming an opinion, after considering something or someone carefully
  • Incumbency - an official position
  • Dumping - to get rid of someone or something
  • Significant - very large or noticeable
  • Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Violence in the hills: on Shillong unrest"
  • Unrest - angry or violent behaviour by people who are protesting against something
  • Firm - forceful and making people do what you want
  • Nativist - related to the political idea that people who were born in a country / state are more important than outsiders
  • Downtown - in or near the centre of a town or city
  • Ubiquitous - present everywhere
  • Unfiltered - with no ​information ​removed
  • Rumour-mongering - spreading rumours
  • Scuffle - a short and sudden fight, especially one involving a small number of people
  • Settler - someone who goes to live in a place where not many people live
  • Amicably - friendly and without arguments
  • Fabricate - to make up a story or piece of information in order to make someone believe something that is not true
  • Succumb - to die or suffer badly
  • Injury - physical damage done to a person or a part of their body
  • Protester - someone who publicly shows their opposition to something such as a law or policy
  • Colonial - someone who lives in a country that is controlled by their own country
  • Scavenger - people who search through things that other people have thrown away in order to see if there is anything that they want
  • Integrate - to make someone become a full member of a group or society and be involved completely in its activities
  • Insulate - to protect someone from unpleasant knowledge or harmful experiences
  • Dweller - someone who lives in a particular type of place
  • Mob - a large crowd of people that is dangerous or difficult to control
  • Persist - to continue to exist
  • Curfew - a law that does not allow people to go outside between a particular time in the evening and a particular time in the morning
  • Stand-by - to not take action when you should
  • Agitation - an attempt to cause social or political changes by arguing or protesting, or through other activities
  • Outskirts - the areas of a town or city that are furthest away from the centre
  • Picturesque - a picturesque place or scene is attractive, especially because it is old and interesting
  • Idyllic - extremely beautiful and peaceful
  • Bustling - a bustling place is full of noise and activity and is usually pleasant and interesting
  • Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
  • Zoning - the process of officially making land available for a particular use
  • Regulation - an official rule that controls the way that things are done
  • Agitators - someone who organizes and persuades people to join a protest or political activity
  • Unreasonable - not fair
  • Resist - to oppose or fight against someone or something
  • Evict - to legally force someone to leave a place they are living in
  • Angst - strong worry and unhappiness, especially about personal problems
  • Scapegoat - to blame a person or thing for something bad that someone else has done
  • Forge - to work hard to achieve something
  • Provision - plans or preparation for future needs
  • Affirmative - a word or phrase that indicates agreement, support, or attention to
  • Discontent - the unhappy feeling that you have when you are not satisfied with something
  • Persist - to continue to exist
  • Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
  • Urban - relating to towns and cities, or happening there
  • Inclusive - deliberately aiming to involve all types of people
  • Demographics - relating to the study of populations and the different groups that make them up

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