29th November 2018 Hindu Editorial Vocabulary - PDF Download

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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 29th November 2018. Happy reading :)

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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 :  "Central bank recap: on Urjit Patel's deposition before parliamentary panel"

• Central bank - a national bank that controls a nation’s policies on money and interest rates
• Recap - to describe what has already been done or decided, without repeating the details
• Deposition - a formal written statement
• Panel - a group of people who make decisions or judgments
• Reassuring - making you feel less worried
• Détente - a situation in which countries / groups that have had an unfriendly relationship become more friendly
  
• Takeaway - an important piece of information to remember from a meeting, presentation etc
• Over the hump - to have dealt with the most difficult part of a problem
• Non-performing asset - a loan or advance for which the principal or interest payment remained overdue for a period of 90 days.
• Gross - a gross amount of money is the total amount before taxes or costs have been taken out
• Decline - to gradually become less, worse, or lower
• Consecutive - following one after another in order and with nothing else in between
• Crucially - something that is crucial is extremely important because it has a major effect on the result of something
• Slippage - a situation in which something is delayed or not achieved when it should be
• Heap - a large pile of something
• Skeleton out of the cupboard - to reveal a bad or embarrassing fact about somebody
• Onerous - something that is onerous is something that you dislike or worry about because it is very difficult to deal with
• Profitability - the degree to which something is profitable, or the state of being profitable
• Bad loan - aloan where repayments are not being made as originally agreed between the borrower and the lender, and which may never be repaid
• Hair-cut - a reduction in the amount of debt that will be paid back to an institution that has lent a lot of money
• Insolvency - (especially of a company) the condition of not having enough money to pay debts, buy goods, etc., or an occasion when this happens
• Meanwhile - at the same time
• Wary - careful or nervous about someone or something because you think they might cause a problem
• Monitoring - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
• Aspect - a particular part, feature, or quality of something
• Spirited - expressing opinions or intentions in a determined way
• Defence - actions that you take to protect someone or something that is being attacked
• Autonomy - the power to make your own decisions
• Exclusive - limited to a particular person, thing, or group and not shared with others
• Domain - an area of activity considered as belonging to or controlled by a particular person or group
• Nip something in the bud - to stop a bad situation from becoming worse by taking action at an early stage of its development
• Gorilla in the room - a problem or difficult issue that is very obvious, but is ignored for the convenience or comfort of those involved
• Cast a shadow over something - to make a situation seem less hopeful and more likely to end badly
• Tenure - the period of time when someone holds a job, esp. an official position

Hindu Editorial Topic 2 :  "Dire strait: on Russia-Ukraine sea clash"

• Dire strait - very bad situation
• Clash - a fight or battle between two groups of people
• Persuade - to make someone agree to do something by giving them reasons why they should
• Naval - relating to or belonging to a country’s navy
• Crew - the people who work on a ship, aircraft etc
• Disputed - a disputed area is one that different countries claim belongs to them, so that there is a disagreement or war between them
• Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
• Corridor - used about an area of land that belongs to one country but is surrounded by another
• Rapid - happening, moving, or acting quickly
• Escalation - to become or make something become greater or more serious
• Flare-up - to become worse
• Evident - easy to see, notice, or understand
• Martial law - direct control of a country or area by the armed forces
• Sailor - someone who works on a boat or ship
• Prisoners of war - someone, usually a soldier, who is held as a prisoner by the enemy during a war
• Annex - to take control of a country or region by force
• Meanwhile - at the same time
• Detention - the state of being kept in a police station or prison and not being allowed to leave
• Territorial - relating to the land of a particular country
• Insist - to say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
• Patrol - a group of people or vehicles that move around a place in order to prevent trouble or crime
• Vessel - sa large boat or ship
• Impound - if the police or other officials impound something, they take it away from someone because they have done something illegal
• Bilateral - involving two groups or countries
• Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
• Coincide - to happen at the same time as something else
• Anniversary - a date when you celebrate something that happened in a previous year that is important to you
• Protest - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
• Integration - the process of becoming a full member of a group or society, and becoming involved completely in its activities
• Prelude - an event that happens before and introduces a more important event
• Invasion - an occasion when one country’s army goes into another country to take control of it by force
• Protracted - continuing for a long time, especially longer than is normal or necessary
• Claim - if war, disease, or an accident claims someone’s life, they die as a result of it
• Displace - to force someone to leave their own country and live somewhere else
• Resolution - a formal proposal that is considered by an organization and is usually voted on at a meeting
• Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
• Artillery - large powerful guns that are used by an army and are moved on wheels or fixed in one place
• Smoulder - to feel very strong emotions that you do not express in words, especially anger or sexual feelings
• Intensity - strength
• Combat - fighting during a war
• Schism - an occasion when one group divides into two groups because of a disagreement
• Orthodox - accepted by most people as the correct or usual idea or practice
• Criticise - to say what you think is wrong or bad about something
• Breakaway - consisting of people who have decided to separate from a larger group
• Enclave - an area of a country or city where a particular group of people live
• Endorsement - an occasion when someone gives official or public support to a particular person or thing
• Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
• Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
• Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
• Skirmish - an argument or a disagreement, especially a political one
• De-escalate - to (cause to) become less dangerous or difficult
• Toughen - to become more strict, or to make something more strict
• Rhetoric - a style of speaking or writing that is intended to influence people
• Vis-à-vis - compared to or relating to someone or something
• Hardship - a situation in which life is very difficult, usually because you do not have enough money
• Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
• Advocate - to publicly support a particular policy or way of doing things
• Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
• Perceive - to understand or think about something in a particular way
• Interference - the process of deliberately becoming involved in a situation and trying to influence the way that it develops, although you have no right to do this
• Provocation - something that causes you to react in an angry or violent way, often something that is intended to cause such a reaction
• Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
• Erstwhile - previous
• Imperative - extremely important and urgent
• Hawk - a politician who prefers using military force to more peaceful methods
• Confrontation - a situation in which people or groups are arguing angrily or are fighting
• Dialogue - a process in which two people or groups have discussions in order to solve problems
• Sagging - lower or less strong
• Forecast - a statement about what is likely to happen, based on available information and usually relating to the weather, business, or the economy
• Humanitarian - relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc
• Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
• Brook no something - to not allow or accept something, especially a difference of opinion or intention
• Resolution - the action of solving a problem or dealing with a disagreement in a satisfactory way

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