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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A difficult poll: on Pakistan election"
- Narrow - to become or make something smaller
- Curtains came down - something ends
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Bitter - involving very angry feelings
- Bloodied - covered in blood
- Brutal - extremely violent
- Darkened - to become dark
- Lengthening - to become longer, or to make something longer
- Uphold - to show that you support something such as an idea by what you say or do
- Hangs heavy - to be very noticeable and displeasing
- Brave - to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation in order to achieve something
- Rally - a public meeting that a lot of people go to in order to support someone or something or to protest against someone or something
- Indiscriminately - done without considering who or what you harm or damage
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Convoy - a group of vehicles or ships travelling together, often with other vehicles or ships providing protection for them
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Disqualify - to not allow someone to take part in a competition, or to force them to leave it, usually because they have done something that is not allowed by the rules
- Charge - an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime
- Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
- Successor - someone who has an important position after someone else
- At the helm - in charge or in the position of a leader
- Embarrassing - making you feel nervous, ashamed, or stupid
- On account of - because of someone or something
- Tell-all - a publication or statement revealing shocking or scandalous information
- Portray - to show or describe someone or something in a particular way
- Unstable - an unstable person becomes angry or upset often and very suddenly
- Dissolute - spending too much time and money on physical pleasures in a way that most people consider immoral
- Contender - someone who competes with other people for a prize or job
- Misdemeanours - an action that is bad or wrong, but not in a serious way
- Vitiate - to make something less effective or legally acceptable
- Extremist - someone who has beliefs or opinions that are considered to be extremely unreasonable by most people
- Sectarian - caused by disagreements among people from different religious groups
- Mastermind - someone who plans a difficult or complicated operation, especially a crime
- Pro - supporting or approving of something
- 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
- Daunting - something that is daunting makes you worried because you think that it will be very difficult or dangerous to do
- Federal - a federal country or system is one in which individual states make their own laws, but a national government is responsible for areas such as defence and foreign policy
- Provincial - relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire
- Crushed - badly damaged or destroyed
- Debt - an amount of money that you owe
- Stricture - a limit
- overwhelming - very strong
- Stave something off - to stop something bad from happening, or to keep an unwanted situation or person away, usually temporarily
- Civilian - someone who does not belong to the armed forces or the police
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Stimulus mode: on GST rate cuts"
- Stimulus - anything that encourages something to happen, develop, or improve
- Buoyancy - a feeling of happiness and confidence
- Unveil - the act of officially announcing something such as a plan or a new product that was previously a secret
- Of sorts - of a type that is not exactly the same as the actual thing, or is not as good as the actual thing
- Consumer durables - products such as cars, furniture, and electrical equipment that are expected to last for a long time
- Slash - to reduce something by a large amount
- Compensation - something that changes or removes the bad result of something
- Cess - a tax
- Levy - to officially request payment of a tax
- Exempt - to allow someone to ignore something such as a rule, obligation, or payment
- Intensive - involving a lot of effort, energy, or attention
- Tweak - to make small changes in order to improve something
- Groundwork - work that you do in order to prepare for something
- Woo - to try to persuade people to support you or to buy something from you
- Significantly - by a large amount, or in a way that is easily noticeable
- Alter - to make something or someone different
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Upend - to turn something upside down
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Gambit - something that you say or do in an attempt to gain an advantage
- Yield - to make a profit
- Vary - to be different in different situations
- Fret - to worry about something continuously
- Macro - large
- Offset - to balance the effect of something, with the result that there is no advantage or disadvantage
- Compliance - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- Enterprise - a business company or organization
- Major - important, serious, large, or great
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Inventory - a list giving details of all the things in a place
- Profiteering - to make large profits by charging high prices for things that people need and cannot get anywhere else
- Allege - to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal, even though this has not been proved
- Distrust - to not trust someone or something
- Rationalisation - to make a company, way of working, etc. more effective, usually by combining or stopping particular activities
- Friction - disagreement
- In tandem - at the same time
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