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Hindu Editorial Topic : "Consensus-maker: On Vajpayee"
- Consensus - a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people
- Indeed - really or certainly, often used to emphasize something
- Contrarian - someone such as a writer or politician who likes to disagree with other people and express opinions that are unpopular
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Traverse - to move over or across an area
- Ideological - based on, or relating to a system of ideas and principles on which a political or economic theory is based
- Animosity - a strong feeling of disliking someone or something
- Throwback - someone or something that seems to belong to an earlier period of time or that makes you think of an earlier period of time
- Shrewd - able to judge people and situations very well and to make good decisions
- Demolish - to have a bad effect on someone’s feelings, or to spoil their plans
- Acerbic - showing criticism in a way that is clever and funny, but rather cruel
- Wit - the ability to use words in a clever way to make people laugh
- Statesman - an experienced political leader that many people respect
- Reach out - to try to communicate with a person or a group of people, usually in order to help or involve them
- Neighbour - someone who lives near you
- Torchbearer - a person who leads or inspires others in working towards a valued goal
- Ascendant - in the process of gaining power or influence over another person, group etc
- Outgrow - to become bigger, more successful, more popular etc
- Displace - to force something out of its position or space
- Tactic - a particular method or plan for achieving something
- Mimic - to behave or work in the same way as something else
- Mend fences - to try to become friends again with someone who you have argued with
- Build bridges - to help two people, groups, or countries who have disagreed to have a more friendly relationship
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Opponent - someone who is competing against you
- Propel - to move or push someone or something forward
- Divisive - likely to cause arguments between people
- Mere - only / just
- Frontman - a man whose job is to represent an organization by talking to journalists or other people, especially in order to improve the organization’s reputation
- Colleague - someone who works in the same organization or department as you
- Deep-seated - a deep-seated feeling, belief, idea etc is strong and you have had it for so long that it is difficult to change
- Prejudice - an unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially the feeling of not liking a particular group of people
- Stint - a period of time spent doing something
- Normalise - to make something normal, or to become normal
- Subsequently - after something else happened
- Misadventure - something bad that happens to you
- Bedfellow - someone or something that is connected with another person or thing in some way, often unexpectedly
- Cohesive - combining well to form a strong well-organized unit
- Moderate - neither very great nor very small in amount, size, strength, or degree
- Rein in - to control something and stop it increasing
- Extremist - someone who has beliefs or opinions that are considered to be extremely unreasonable by most people
- Sniffing distance - very close
- Contentious - causing disagreement between people or groups
- Strategic - carefully planned in order to achieve a particular goal, especially in war, business, or politics
- There is no denying - used for saying that something is clearly true
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Substantive - important or serious, or referring to the most important or serious issues
- Balancing act - the process of trying to achieve something that different groups will all be satisfied with
- Indecisive - unable to make decisions
- Cautious - careful to avoid problems or danger
- Endearing - making people like you
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
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