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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "No sweeping change — on Swachh Bharat Mission"
- Sweeping change - a sweeping change or development has a major effect
- Broad - very wide
- Sanitation - conditions and processes relating to people’s health, especially the systems that supply water and deal with human waste
- Rural - relating to the countryside, or in the countryside
- Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Ambitious - an ambitious plan, aim, or attempt is difficult and will need a lot of effort to succeed
- On the eve of something - on the day before an important event, or during the period of time just before it
- Outcome - the final result of a process, meeting, activity etc
- Far from - used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mention
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Cess - a tax
- Wing - a part of an organization or political party that has its own responsibilities and opinions that are separate from the rest of the group
- Household - the people who live in a house or flat when they are considered as a single unit
- Defecation - the act of passing the contents of the bowels out of the body
- 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
- Audit - a careful examination of something, especially one done to find the amount, size, or effectiveness of something
- Elusive - difficult or impossible to achieve
- Oppressed - suffering from unfair and cruel treatment by a more powerful person or government
- Filth - dirt that is especially unpleasant, usually because there is a lot of it
- Prevailing - existing at a particular time or in a particular place
- Condemn - to say publicly that you think someone or something is bad or wrong
- Persist - to continue to do or say something in a determined way
- Assert - to state firmly that something is true
- Urban - relating to towns and cities, or happening there
- Ward - a small district that a city, town, or other area
- Municipal - of or belonging to a town or city
- Dweller - someone who lives in a particular type of place
- Metro - a city with a population of over one million
- Spur - something that encourages someone to do something
- Consumption - the process of buying or using goods, or the amount that people buy or use
- Enforce - to make sure that a law or rule is obeyed by people
- Vigorous - full of energy, enthusiasm, or determination
- Infrastructure - the set of systems within a place or organization that affect how well it operates, for example the telephone and transport systems in a country
- Inadequate - not enough, or not good enough for a particular purpose
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- High-profile - often seen in public, mentioned in newspapers, or appearing on television
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Sustainable - capable of continuing for a long time at the same level
- Scavenging - to search through things that other people have thrown away in order to see if there is anything that you want
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Septic tank - a large container buried under the ground and used for collecting waste from toilets
- Rehabilitation - the process of returning to a healthy or good way of life, or the process of helping someone to do this
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "A populist haze — on Brazil polls"
- Populist - representing the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Haze - a situation or condition which makes it difficult for you to think clearly
- Establishment - the important and powerful people who control a country or an organization, especially those who support the existing situation
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Beset - to cause someone difficulty or danger over a period of time
- Legislator - someone who has the power and authority to create new laws
- Contest - a competition, especially one in which people’s skill in a particular activity or sport is tested
- Polarise - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other, or to cause this to happen
- Lingering - lasting for a long time, especially when this is unpleasant or not necessary
- Buzzword - a word that has become very popular, especially a word relating to a particular activity or subject
- Underpin - to be an important basic part of something, allowing it to succeed or continue to exist
- Confrontation - a situation in which people or groups are arguing angrily or are fighting
- Legislature - the part of government that makes and changes laws
- Judiciary - the part of government that consists of all the judges and courts in a country
- Patronage - help or money that is given to a person or organization
- Bureaucratic - involving a lot of complicated rules, details, and processes
- Bigwig - an important and powerful person in an organization
- State-owned - owned by the government
- Graft - dishonest or illegal activities in politics or business that involve giving people money or advantages in exchange for their help or support
- Fray - a fight or argument, esp. one in which several people take part
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Left-wing - someone who is left-wing is considered to have socialist aims and ideas, for example that property, money, and power should be shared more equally
- Sentence - a punishment given by a judge, usually involving a period of time that a person must spend in prison
- Term - a period of time during which a politician or other official holds their job
- Quash - to stop something from continuing
- Dismissal - a refusal to accept that something might be true or important
- Conviction - a decision by a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime
- Successor - someone who has an important position after someone else
- Plunge into - to suddenly start doing something with energy and enthusiasm, but sometimes without thinking about it first
- Recession - a period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment
- Impeach - to formally accuse a public official of a serious crime relating to their job
- Fiscal - relating to money and financial matters
- Mismanagement - the process of organizing or controlling something badly
- Egregious - extremely bad
- Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
- Outgoing - soon to leave a position of authority or power
- Survive - to manage to deal with something difficult or unpleasant
- Thanks to - used for saying that someone or something is responsible for something that happened
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Ripple effect - a situation in which one thing causes a series of other things to happen
- Run-up - to make something very quickly
- Murky - involving activities that are not clearly known and that people think are dishonest or morally wrong
- Opinion poll - an attempt to find out what people in general think about a subject by asking some people questions about it
- Frontrunner - the person or thing considered the most likely to win a competition, game, election etc
- Autocratic - ruling with complete power
- Elsewhere - in or to another place or other places
- Stabbing - an attack in which someone is stabbed
- Stab - to kill or hurt someone by pushing a knife or other sharp object into their body
- Polarisation - the act of dividing something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, into two completely separate groups
- Extreme - an opinion or way of behaving that is as different from another as it is possible to be
- Firebrand - someone who has strong feelings, especially about politics, and wants to change things or encourage other people to feel the same
- Homophobic - a fear or dislike of gay people
- Misogynistic - showing feelings of hating women or a belief that men are better than women
- Trigger - to make something happen
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Deferred - delayed until a later time
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Candidacy - the fact that someone is a candidate in an election
- Prospect - the possibility that something will happen, especially something good
- Reconcile - to find a way to make ideas, beliefs, needs etc that are opposed to each other capable of existing together
- Overturn - to change a legal decision
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Populist - representing the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Impede - to make it more difficult for someone to do something or more difficult for something to happen
- Overdue - if something is overdue, it should have been done before now
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Dominance - a situation in which one person or thing has more influence or power than any other
- Stimulate - to encourage something to happen, develop, or improve
- Recession - a period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment
- Run-off - to force someone to leave a place
- Set the stage for something - to create the conditions in which something is likely to happen
- Sober - with a serious attitude
- Lead-up - the period that comes before an important event
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