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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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