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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A good beginning: on the Cauvery Water Management Authority"
- Basin - a large area of land whose surface water all flows into a particular river or lake
- Litigation - use of the legal system to settle a disagreement
- Cordial - friendly
- Augur - to be a sign of what may happen in the future
- Sustained - continuing at the same level or rate for a long time
- Constructive - intended to be useful or helpful
- Concerned - involved in something, or affected by something
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Tribunal - a special law court organized to judge a particular case
- Exclude - to deliberately prevent someone or something from being involved in an activity or from entering a place
- Surplus - more of something than is necessary
- Forecast - a statement about what is likely to happen, based on available information and usually relating to the weather, business, or the economy
- Oversee - to watch something in order to check that it works or happens in the way that it should
- Substantial - large in amount or degree
- Riparian - relating to people or things that are associated with, inhabiting, or situated on the bank of a river
- Distress - a feeling that you have when you are very unhappy, worried, or upset
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Determining - to control what something will be
- Extent - the size and importance of a problem or situation
- Shortfall - a lack of something that you need or want, or the amount that you lack
- Pro rata - calculated according to the individual situation
- Dispute - a serious disagreement, especially one between groups of people that lasts for a long time
- Notify - to inform someone officially about something
- Consonance - agreement
- Dictum - a short statement, especially one expressing advice or a general truth
- Conformity - behaviour that is acceptable because it is similar to the behaviour of everyone else
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Threadbare - a threadbare idea or excuse has been used a lot and is no longer effective
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
- Embark on - to start a new project or activity, usually one that will be difficult and will take time
- Mutually - felt or done by two or more people or groups in the same way
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Jalalabad gauntlet: on the growth of IS in Afghanistan"
- Gauntlet - a long, thick glove (= hand covering), worn for protection
- Undo - to have the effect of changing something back into its original, usually worse state
- 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
- War-torn - a war-torn country or place has been badly damaged by a war, especially a war that involves different groups from the same country
- Dilapidated - a dilapidated building, vehicle, or system is old and in bad condition
- Apparatus - the people and organizations involved in some aspect of government
- Victim - someone who has been harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
- Claim - if war, disease, or an accident claims someone’s life, they die as a result of it
- Diversity - the fact that very different people or things exist within a group or place
- Reach out - to try to communicate with a person or a group of people
- Run-up - to make something very quickly
- Unilateral - done or decided by one country, group, or person, often without considering what other countries etc think or want
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Truce - an agreement between two people or groups involved in a war, fight, or disagreement to stop it for a period of time
- Province - one of many areas into which some countries are divided
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Threaten - to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
- Behead - to cut off someone’s head, especially as a punishment
- Affiliate - to have a connection with or support a larger organization or group
- Outpost - a military camp that is far away from the army
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Caliphate - an Islamic state, especially one ruled by a single religious and political leader
- Under strain - physical effort or pressure
- Terrain - an area of land, usually one that has a particular physical feature
- Turf - an area that one person or group considers to be their own
- Emphasise - to give particular importance or attention to something
- Conventional - conventional weapons are guns, bombs etc of the usual type, not nuclear weapons
- Arsenal a large collection of weapons and military equipment
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Overstretch - to do more than you are capable of
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Territory - an area of land controlled by a particular country, leader, or army
- Fragile - used about a situation, agreement, or relationship that can easily be damaged or destroyed
- Stalemate - a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Descent - the act of moving down to a lower place or position
- Chaos - a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess
- A matter of time - used for saying that something will certainly happen
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