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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "What’s in a name?: on the use of the term 'Dalit'"
- Empowerment - the process of gaining freedom and power to do what you want or to control what happens to you
- Advisory - an official announcement or warning
- Refrain from - to stop yourself from doing something
- Intrusive - becoming involved in something in a way that is not welcome
- On the face of it - used for saying that something appears to be true but might not be true when you have examined it in more detail
- In compliance with - the practice of obeying a law, rule, or request
- The bench - the position of being a judge in a court of law
- The merits of something - the advantages something has compared to something else
- Merely - just; only
- Beyond - outside the range or limits of a subject, quality, or activity
- Couched in something - to be expressed a particular way
- Gratuitous - done or shown without any good reason
- Debate - a discussion in which people or groups state different opinions about a subject
- Appropriateness - the fact or quality of being suitable or right for a particular situation or purpose
- Far from - used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mention
- Disfavour - disapproval
- Unconstitutional - not allowed or not legal according to the constitution (=set of official rules or principles) of a particular country or organization
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Inexplicable - impossible to explain
- Nomenclature - a system for naming things
- Emotive - causing strong feelings
- Evolve - to gradually change and develop over a period of time
- Assertion - a definite statement or claim that something is true
- Solidarity - the support that people in a group give each other because they have the same opinions or aims
- Oppression - unfair and cruel treatment by a powerful person or government
- Untouchable - in some societies, someone who belongs to the lowest social class
- Stigma - a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when this is unfair
- In course of time - after some time has passed
- Appellation - a name or title
- Patronising - behaving or speaking in a way that shows you think you are more intelligent or important than someone
- Sanctimonious - used for describing someone who tries to show that they have better moral or religious principles than other people
- Downtrodden - treated in a cruel or unfair way by someone in a position of power
- Pregnant - full of meaning or possibilities that have not yet happened or been expressed
- Reassert - to say again that something is definitely true
- Deny - to not allow someone to have something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Home and away: on the Indian Test team's recent record"
- String of - a group of similar or connected things
- Abroad - in or to a foreign country
- Ambition - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve
- Condemn - to criticize something or someone strongly
- Arrive - to reach a place, after having been somewhere else
- Mettle - the determination and ability to deal with problems and difficult situations
- Upstage - to do something so that you get more attention and admiration than someone else
- Host - a place or organization that arranges a special event and provides the area, buildings, equipment, or services needed for it
- Let the side down - to work less hard or to make more mistakes than the people who you are working with
- Ruthlessly - willing to make other people suffer so that you can achieve your aims
- Exploit - to treat someone unfairly in order to get some benefit for yourself
- Deficiency - a fault in someone or something that makes them not good enough
- Collectively - together, as a group
- Survive - to continue to exist, especially in a difficult or dangerous situation
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Fixture - a sports event that happens at a regular time and place
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Principal - main
- Tend to - to usually do a particular thing
- On the back foot - in a worse situation than other people or groups
- Exception - someone or something that is different in some way from other people or things and so cannot be included in a general statement
- Dreadful - very unpleasant
- Outstanding - extremely good or impressive
- Accumulate - to get more and more of something over a period of time
- Finest - of very good quality
- Reliant - depending on someone or something
- Successive - coming or happening one after another in a series
- Injury - physical damage done to a person or a part of their body
- Tinkering - to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it
- The likes of - a person, thing, or group similar in character or quality to the one mentioned
- Omit - to fail to include someone or something, either deliberately or because you forget
- Ideal - of the best or most suitable type
- Perennially - in a way that lasts a very long time, or happens repeatedly or all the time
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Legacy - something that someone has achieved that continues to exist after they stop working or die
- Squad - a sports team
- Salvage your pride - to succeed in achieving something in a situation or action that has been a failure
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