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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Sedition, once more"
- Sedition - language or behaviour that is intended to persuade other people to oppose their government
- Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Reprehensible - very bad and deserving to be criticized
- Noted - well known for a particular quality or ability, and usually admired
- Scholar - someone who studies a particular subject and knows a lot about it, especially a subject that is not scientific
- Remark - a few words that give the facts or your opinion about someone or something
- Proposed - offered formally as an idea or plan
- Textbook case - a classic, perfect case/example
- Misuse - the use of something in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose
- Peasant - someone who works on another person’s farm or on their own small farm
- Activist - someone who takes part in activities that are intended to achieve political or social change, especially someone who is a member of an organization
- Rally - a public meeting that a lot of people go to in order to support someone or something or to protest against someone or something
- Allude - to mention someone or something in an indirect way
- Sovereignty - the right to rule a country
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Interim - temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent exists
- Outrage - a strong feeling of anger and shock at something that you feel is wrong or unfair
- Accuse - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
- Conspiracy - a secret plan by a group of people to do something bad or illegal, especially in politics
- Conceal - to prevent someone from seeing or knowing something
- Facilitate - to make it possible or easier for something to happen
- Offence - a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment
- Penal - relating to the punishment of criminals
- Persecute - to treat someone extremely badly, or to refuse them equal rights, especially because of their race, religion, or political beliefs
- Thrust - to put something somewhere with a quick hard push
- Protest - a strong complaint or disagreement
- Squarely - in a clear and definite way
- Disapprobation - disapproval of someone or something that you think is immoral
- Alteration - a change in the appearance or form of something
- Offence - a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment
- Incitement - something that encourages people to be violent or commit crimes, or the deliberate act of encouraging violence or crime
- Disaffection- the state of no longer feeling loyal towards a group or organization
- Intellectual - someone who is well educated and interested in art, science, literature etc at an advanced level
- Intervene - to become involved in a situation in order to try to stop or change it
- Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something
- Sovereignty - the right to rule a country
- Instance - an example of something happening
- Dissent - strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think
- Precisely - exactly
- Heavy-handed - using too much force, or not considering people’s feelings enough when dealing with a situation
- Strident - holding firm opinions or beliefs and tending to express them frequently, in a way that offends some people
- Ingredient - one of the things that give something its character or that make it effective
- Imminent - likely or certain to happen very soon
- Incitement - something that encourages people to be violent or commit crimes, or the deliberate act of encouraging violence or crime
- Howsoever - in whatever way
- Scathing - criticizing someone or something in a very strong way
- Be couched in something - to be expressed a particular way
- Scrap - to not continue with a system or plan
- Relic - an object from the past that has been kept
- Colonial - relating to a system or period in which one country rules another
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Half done: on the ban on plastic"
- Acclaim - public praise for someone or something
- Cutlery - the knives, forks, and spoons that you use for eating food. The usual American word is silverware
- Firm - strong
- Voluntary - a voluntary action is done because you choose to do it, and not because you have to
- Initiative - an important action that is intended to solve a problem
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Cosmetics - substances that you use on your skin to make yourself look more attractive
- Groceries - food and other goods for the home that you buy regularly
- Unaddressed - not considered or dealt with
- Paradigm shift - a basic change in ideas or methods
- Diligently - in a way that is careful and uses a lot of effort
- Recycling - the process of changing waste materials such as newspapers and bottles so that they can be used again
- Unwilling - if you are unwilling to do something, you do not want to do it or you refuse to do it
- Importer - a person, company, or country that brings goods into their country in order to sell them
- Amend - to make changes to a document, law, agreement etc, especially in order to improve it
- High visibility - intended to attract attention
- Anomalous - unusual or unexpected
- Clause - a part of a legal document or law that officially states that something must be done
- Flimsy - light and not providing very much protection
- End up - to be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it
- Dumping site - a place where large amounts of waste are taken and left
- Competent - capable of doing something in a satisfactory or effective way
- Automotive - relating to cars and other motor vehicles
- Pharmaceutical - relating to the production or sale of medicines and drugs used for treating medical conditions
- Consumer - someone who buys and uses goods and services
- Impose - to introduce something such as a new law or new system, and force people to accept it
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