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July 13, 2018

13th July 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 13th July 2018. Happy reading :)

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

Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 13th July 2018 from HERE

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Section 377 and beyond"
  • Beyond - outside or after (a stated limit)
  • Cautious - careful to avoid problems or danger
  • Stand - to behave in a particular way
  • Decriminalise - to change the law so that something that was illegal becomes legal
  • Gay - sexually attracted to people of the same sex. This word is mainly used about men
  • Consensual - agreed to by all the people involved
  • Hearing - a meeting of a court of law or official organization to find out the facts about something
  • Bench - the position of being a judge in a court of law
  • Appreciation - the ability to understand the true nature of a situation, and realize why it is important or serious
  • Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their religion, race, or other personal features
  • Decline - to say politely that you will not accept something or do something
  • Penal Code - a system of laws dealing with the punishment of crimes
  • Homosexual - a person who is attracted sexually to people of the same sex
  • Minuscule - extremely small in size or amount
  • Minority - a small number of people or things that are part of a larger group but different in some way from most of the group
  • Critical - very important
  • Wisdom - the ability to make good decisions based on knowledge and experience
  • Hedge against something - a way of trying to protect yourself against a problem or risk
  • Possibility - the chance that something might happen or be true
  • Uphold - if a court of law upholds something such as a claim, it says that it is correct
  • Venture - to risk going somewhere or doing something that might be dangerous or unpleasant, or to risk saying something that might be criticized
  • LGBTQ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Queer (an offensive word for gay, bisexual, or transgender)
  • Inheritance - property or money that you receive from someone when they die
  • Slate for - to arrange for something to happen
  • Counter - an action that you take in order to oppose or stop something or reduce its negative effect
  • Affidavit - a legal document containing a written promise that something is true
  • Spell out - to say or explain something very clearly
  • Privacy - the freedom to do things without other people watching you or knowing what you are doing
  • Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
  • Sexual orientation - the state of having sexual relationships with people of one sex rather than the other
  • Gamut - the complete range of things of a particular type
  • Conservative - not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society
  • Dissuade - to persuade someone not to do something
  • Apprehension - a feeling of worry or fear that something bad might happen
  • Survivorship - the legal right of the survivor of persons having joint interests in property to take the interest of the person who has died
  • Overturn - to say officially that something such as a decision or law is wrong and change it
  • Retrograde - returning to a condition or situation that is worse than the present one
  • Long overdue - if something is long overdue, it should have been done before now
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Moon shine: on India-South Korea ties"
  • Moon shine - silly talk or ideas
  • Drift - to move somewhere slowly as though you do not know where you are going
  • Undertook - to do or begin to do something
  • Hectic - full of busy activity
  • Diplomacy - the management of relationships between countries
  • Peninsula - a long piece of land that is mostly surrounded by water, but is joined at one end to a larger area of land
  • Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
  • Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
  • Significant - very important
  • Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
  • Align - to give your support publicly to a group, political party, or country
  • Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
  • Deficit - the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes
  • Preoccupied - thinking about something so much or spending so much time doing something that you do not notice other things or cannot think about other things
  • Exude - if you exude a particular quality, people notice easily that you have a lot of it
  • Road map - a plan or set of instructions that makes it easier for someone to do something
  • Converge - to become the same or very similar
  • Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
  • Early harvest - getting the results of something as early as possible
  • Clause - a part of a legal document or law that officially states that something must be done
  • Do away with - to get rid of something
  • Tariff - a tax that a government charges on goods that enter or leave their country
  • Exporter - a person, business, or country that sells goods to another country
  • Petrochemical - a chemical made from petroleum or natural gas
  • Investment - money used in a way that may earn you more money, for example money used for buying property or shares in a company
  • Persuade - to make someone agree to do something by giving them reasons why they should
  • Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
  • Assert - to state firmly that something is true
  • Stakeholder - a person or company that has invested in a business and owns part of it
  • Capricious - suddenly and unexpectedly changing your opinion or behaviour without any good reason
  • Unpredictable - changing often, in a way that is impossible to prepare for
  • Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue

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