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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Overdue correction: on revisiting the Companies Act"
- Overdue - if something is overdue, it should have been done before now
- Revisiting - to consider or discuss something again
- Overly - very much, or too much
- Provision - a part of an agreement or law that deals with a particular problem
- Yield - to produce something
- Constitution - to form or make something
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Stiff - more serious and difficult than usual
- Personnel - the people who work for a company or organization
- Entail - if a situation or action entails a particular thing, it involves having or doing that thing
- Massive - very large in amount or degree
- Overhaul - to completely change a system in order to make it work more effectively
- Regime - a system or form of government
- Consultative - providing advice, information, or help on a particular subject
- Offence - a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment
- De-criminalise - to change the law so that something that was illegal becomes legal
- Work out - to solve a problem by considering the facts
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Imprisonment - the punishment of being put into prison
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Disclosure - the process of giving information to people, especially information that was secret
- Liability - legal responsibility for causing damage or injury, or for paying something
- Adjudicate - to make an official decision about a problem or disagreement
- Levy - impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
- Minor - not very important in comparison with people or things of the same type
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Automated - using machines or done by machines, instead of people
- Discretion - the right or ability to make a judgment or decision
- Typographic - relating to the way in which a document has been printed
- Fraud - the crime of obtaining money from someone by tricking them
- Stricture - criticism
- Regulatory - a regulatory organization or company controls an activity, process, or industry
- Trial court - a court of law where cases are tried in the first place, as opposed to an appeal court
- Devote - to spend a lot of time or effort doing something
- Overload - to give someone too much work to do
- Zealous - enthusiastic and eager
- Pursue - to follow a course of activity
- Prosecution - the process or act of accusing someone of a crime and asking a court of law to judge them
- Misdemeanour - an action that is bad or wrong, but not in a serious way
- Discourse - a long and serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject
- Prevail - to be the strongest influence or element in a situation
- Apart from - except for someone or something
- Crony - a friend or supporter, especially of someone powerful
- Capitalism - an economic system in which property, businesses, and industry are owned by individual people and not by the government
- Come to light - if facts are come to light, people discover them
- Revere - to very much respect and admire someone or something
- Erstwhile - previous
- Spook - to make someone suddenly feel frightened or nervous
- Stakeholder - a person or company that has invested in a business and owns part of it
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
- Comprehensive - including many details or aspects of something
- Revive - to make someone become conscious or alive again
- Red-flagged - to serve as a warning
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Deficit - a lack of a quality, skill, or ability that you should have
- Owing to - because of something
- Stray - different
- Malfeasance - illegal actions
- Inhibit - to make it difficult for a process to start or continue in a normal way
- Purposefully - intended to achieve something useful
- Trigger - to make something happen
- Shores - used about a country or area of land that has a border on the sea
- Follow up - to do something in addition to what you have already done, in order to be certain of achieving your aim
- Swiftly - quickly or immediately
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Football fever: on World Cup 2018"
- Delicately - in a careful way
- There is no denying - used for saying that something is clearly true
- Snapshot a short description that tells you what a particular place or situation is like at a particular time
- Spectacle - an unusual, exciting, or impressive event or sight
- Outstanding - extremely good or impressive
- Emulate - to try to be like someone or something else, usually because you admire them
- Workmanlike - done or made in a professional way
- Conservative - not willing to accept much change
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Clinical - very skilful and effective
- Doughty - determined and not easily frightened
- Hurdle - one of several problems that you must solve before you can do something successfully
- Criticism - comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad
- Potential - someone's or something's ability to develop, achieve, or succeed
- Spotlight - a situation in which you get a lot of public attention
- Diversity - the fact that very different people or things exist within a group or place
- Descent - the origin of your parents or other older members of your family
- Squad - a sports team
- Crash out - to be badly defeated so that you have to leave a competition
- Falter - to stop being effective or making progress
- Quarterfinals - one of four games played between the eight players or teams still left in a competition. The winners of the quarter-finals play each other in the semi-finals.
- Rely - to trust / depend on someone / something
- Collective - involving all the members of a group
- Marshal - to bring together or organize people or things in order to achieve a particular aim
- Disgrace - the loss of other people’s respect because of something bad that you have done
- Scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Resilience - the quality of being able to return quickly to a previous good condition after problems
- Euphoria - a feeling of great happiness
- Host - a place or organization that arranges a special event and provides the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
- Racist - someone who does not like or respect people who belong to races that are different from their own and who believes their race is better than others
- Expansion - the process of making a business, organization, or activity grow by including more people, moving into new areas, selling more products etc
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