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Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 27th January 2019 (Sunday)
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "For honour’s sake: on the Bharat Ratna awards"
- Honour - the respect that people have for someone who achieves something great, is very powerful, or behaves in a way that is morally right
- For the sake of - for the benefit or good of someone or something
- Ideal - as good as you can imagine, and probably too good to be real
- Polity - a society that is organized in a political way and that has its own form of government
- Propensity - a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
- Ideological - based on, or relating to, an ideology
- Confer - to give something such as authority, a legal right, or an honour to someone
- Late - used for talking about someone who has died, especially recently
- Evoke - to bring a particular emotion, idea, or memory into your mind
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Off guard - surprised by something unexpected
- Trigger - to cause someone to have a particular feeling or memory
- Fevered - extremely excited or nervous
- Speculation - ideas or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen
- Outstanding - extremely good or impressive
- Statesman - an experienced political leader that many people respect
- Bemused - confused
- Strategy - a plan or method for achieving something, especially over a long period of time
- It is no secret that - used for saying that something is a well-known fact
- Ambition - something that you very much want to do, usually something that is difficult to achieve
- Thwart - to prevent someone from doing something that they want to do
- Dynasty - a family whose members rule a country or region for a long period of time
- Deserve - if you deserve something, it is right that you get it, for example because of the way you have behaved
- Idolise - to think that someone is perfect
- Arguably - used for stating your opinion or belief, especially when you think other people may disagree
- Secular -not religious, or not connected with religion
- Veneration - to respect or worship someone or something
- Strive - to make a lot of effort to achieve something
- Pursuit - the process of trying to achieve something
- Partisan - showing strong and usually unfair support for one particular person, group, or idea
- Overshadow - to be a negative feature or influence that spoils something
- Cynical - someone who is cynical believes that people care only about themselves and are not sincere or honest
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Counterclaim - a statement that you make against someone who has made a statement against you
- Assertion - a definite statement or claim that something is true
- Emergence - the process of appearing or becoming recognized
- Elite - a small group of people who have a lot of advantages and keep the most power and influence
- Clamour - an urgent request for something by a lot of people
- Democratic -based on the principle that all people are equal and should be able to share in making decisions
- Plural - consisting of different types of people or things
- Transparency - the quality of being done in an open way without secrets
- Contradictory - contradictory statements, information, ideas, or beliefs disagree with each other and cannot both or all be true
- Posthumous - given to someone after their death, or happening after their death
- Slippery slope - a problem or situation that is getting worse and will become extremely bad unless it is stopped
- Arbitrariness - the fact of being arbitrary (not based on any particular plan, or not done for any particular reason)
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Shutdown surrender"
- Retreat - to avoid a dangerous, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation, especially by moving away from it
- Showdown - a big meeting, argument, or fight that finally settles a disagreement between people or proves who is the best
- Democrat - someone who supports democracy as a political system
- Latter - used for referring to the second of two people, things, or groups that have just been mentioned
- House of Representatives - the larger and less powerful part of the US Congress
- Mid-term - happening in the middle part of a government’s time in power, or in the middle part of a university or school term
- Threaten - to tell someone that you might or you will cause them harm, especially in order to make them do something
- Indefinitely - for a period of time that has no fixed end
- Insist - to say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
- Storm out - to leave a place in a way that shows that you are angry
- Host of - a lot of people or things
- Turnaround - an important change in a situation that causes it to improve
- Fissure - a long deep crack in something, especially the ground
- Appointee - someone who has been chosen to do a particular job
- Functionary - an official who works for a government or a political party, especially one with unimportant or boring office duties
- Dysfunction - a failure to work well
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Posturing - to do things only because you want people to notice you, admire you, or be afraid of you
- Unaddressed - not considered or dealt with
- Back off - to move backwards in order to get further away from something
- Immigration - the process in which people enter a country in order to live there permanently
- Apprehension - a feeling of worry or fear that something bad might happen
- Tactic - a particular method or plan for achieving something
- Catastrophic - causing a lot of damage, or making a lot of people suffer
- Better off - in a better situation
- Hold someone to ransom - to try to make someone do what you want, especially by using threats
- Confrontational - behaving in a way that shows you want to have an argument or fight with someone
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