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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 21st October 2018 (Sunday)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Amritsar disaster: avoidable tragedy"
- Disaster - something very bad that happens and causes a lot of damage or kills a lot of people
- Avoidable - capable of being prevented
- Tragedy - a very sad event that causes people to suffer or die
- Spat - a short argument
- Ghastly - shocking in a way that frightens or upsets you
- Protocol - a set of rules for the correct way to behave on formal occasions
- Mass - a large quantity or number
- Gathering - a group of people meeting together
- Aftermath - the effects and results of something bad or important
- Preventable - capable of being prevented
- Carnage - a situation in which there is a lot of death and destruction
- Spectator - someone who watches a public activity or event, especially a sports event
- Crowding - to move to a particular place at the same time as a lot of other people
- Effigy - a model of someone, especially one destroyed in a protest against them
- Mowe down - to kill a lot of people quickly and violently
- Frantic - done in a very urgent way
- Agency - a government department, or an organization connected with a government, that deals with a particular subject
- Deplorable - extremely bad and shocking
- Exploit - to treat someone unfairly in order to get some benefit for yourself
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Organiser - someone who makes all the arrangements for an event or activity, especially as a job
- Enforcement - the process of making sure that something happens, especially that people obey a law or rule
- Machinery - an established system for doing something
- On the other hand - in a way that is different from the first thing you mentioned
- Claim - to say that something is true, even though there is no definite proof
- Sought - to ask for something, or to try to get something
- Although - but
- Inquiry - an official examination of a crime, accident, problem etc, in order to get information or the truth
- Proximity - how near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time
- Overshadow - to be a negative feature or influence that spoils something
- Stampede - if a group of animals or people stampede, they all start to run in a very fast uncontrolled way because they are frightened or excited
- Death toll - the number of people who are killed on a particular occasion
- Horror - a very strong feeling of shock, fear or disgust caused by something extremely unpleasant
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Empower - to give a person or organization the legal authority to do something
- Accountable - in a position where people have the right to criticize you or ask you why something happened
- Deficit - a lack of a quality, skill, or ability that you should have
- Spectacular - an event or performance that is very exciting to watch and involves a lot of people
- Incongruous - strange because of being very different to other things which happen or exist in the same situation
- Populous - a populous nation, city, area etc has many people living in it
- Trespass - to go into a place without the owner’s permission
- Prime - main or most important
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Common - a large piece of open land in a village or town where anyone can walk, play sports etc
- Vigorous - full of energy, enthusiasm, or determination
- Hazard - something that could be dangerous or could cause damage or accidents
- Barricade - a line or pile of objects put together, often quickly, to stop people from going where they want to go
- Take root - if an idea, belief, or system takes root, it becomes established and accepted
- Imbibe - if you imbibe ideas, feelings, or qualities, you experience them and are influenced by them
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Anwar Ibrahim: The comeback ‘kid’"
- Remarkable - unusual in a way that surprises or impresses you
- Transition - the process of changing from one situation, form, or state to another
- By-election - an election in one particular area to choose a new representative in parliament or on a council, or to replace someone who has died or left the job
- De facto - actual, even though not official
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Dramatic - sudden and surprising or easy to notice
- Comeback - a period when someone or something becomes successful or popular again
- Chequered career - if someone has had a chequered past or a chequered career, they have experienced both successes and failures
- Sentence - a punishment given by a judge, usually involving a period of time that a person must spend in prison
- Determined - not willing to let anything prevent you from doing what you have decided to do
- Symbolise - to be considered as a typical or perfect example of something
- Resistance - the ability not to be affected or harmed by something, especially a disease or a drug
- Monopoly - something that only one person or group of people has
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Scandal - a situation in which important people behave in a dishonest or immoral way that shocks people
- Tainted - something that is tainted is spoilt by an unpleasant feature or quality that often makes people not want to be involved with it
- Veteran - someone who was in the armed forces, especially during a war
- Unlikely - not likely to happen
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Nonagenarian - someone who is between 90 and 99 years old
- Nemesis - someone or something that continues to oppose you and cannot easily be defeated
- Collaboration - the process of working with someone to produce something
- Assurance - a feeling or attitude of confidence
- Protégé - a young person who receives help or training from an older experienced person
- Reconciliation - a new and friendly relationship with someone who you argued with or fought with
- Sack - to tell someone that they can no longer work at their job
- Mentor - an experienced person who helps someone who has less experience, especially in their job
- Imprison - to put someone in a prison (jail)
- Allegedly if someone allegedly does something, another person says that they have done it, even though this has not been proved
- Trumped-up - deliberately made up in order to connect someone with a crime
- Royal - relating to a king or queen or the members of their family
- Pardon - to forgive someone for something they have said or done
- Underpinning - an important basic part of something that allows it to succeed or continue to exist
- Bonhomie - a friendly happy feeling
- Reformist - wanting to change and improve society or an institution
- Instinct - a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Middle-income - having an income that is not low and not high
- Revelation - a surprising piece of information
- Controversial - a controversial subject, opinion, or decision is one that people disagree about or do not approve of
- Ouster - the removal of someone from an official position
- Impetus - a force that helps something to happen or develop more quickly
- Set aside - to not let a particular feeling, opinion, or belief influence you, in order to achieve something more important
- For instance - for example
- Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
- Incompatibility - ideas, systems, or machines that are incompatible are not able to work or exist together because of basic differences
- Distinguishing feature - a distinguishing feature, mark etc makes someone or something clearly different from other similar people or things
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Conversely - used for introducing a sentence, or part of a sentence, which says something that is the opposite of the other part
- Complementarity - the state of working usefully together
- Democracy - a system of government in which people vote in elections to choose the people who will govern them
- Underlie - to be the real or basic cause of or reason for something
- Outlook - an idea about what a situation will be like in the future
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Curiously - in an unusual and interesting way
- Turmoil - a state of excitement or uncontrolled activity
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
- Volatility - liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Strongman - a political leader who uses force or threats to keep power
- Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
- Unfolding - to happen, or to develop
- Emergence - the process of appearing or becoming recognized
- Gradualism - a policy of slow change rather than sudden change or revolution
- Sustainable - capable of continuing for a long time at the same level
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