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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A global slowdown ?"
- Slowdown - a period when there is less activity
- Policymaker - a member of a government department, legislature, or other organization who is responsible for making new rules, laws, etc
- Recession - a period when trade and industry are not successful and there is a lot of unemployment
- Extreme - very great in degree
- Volatility - likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by getting worse
- Grinding halt - a situation in which something gradually stops operating completely
- Expansion - the process of increasing in size and filling more space
- Overdue - if something is overdue, it should have been done before now
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Rein in - to control something and stop it increasing
- Massive - very large in amount or degree
- Dampen - to make something such as a feeling or hope less strong
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Faltering - becoming less effective and successful
- Commodity - something that can be bought and sold, especially a basic food product or fuel
- Monetary policy - actions taken by a government to control the amount of money in an economy and how easily available it is, for example by changing the interest rate
- Firepower - the amount of money or skills available
- Full-fledged - completely developed or trained
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Gradual - gradual processes and changes happen slowly and by small amounts
- Unwind - to begin to relax after you have been working hard or feeling nervous
- Thus - as a result of the fact that you have just mentioned
- Unconventional - different from what most people consider to be usual or normal
- Stimulate - to encourage something to happen, develop, or improve
- Ramp up - a large increase in activity or in the level of something
- Compensate - to change or remove the bad result of something
- Leeway - the amount of freedom that someone has to make their own decisions or to take action
- Accommodative - willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
- Mired - caught in an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from
- Eventually - at the end of a process or period of time in which many things happen
- Diminishing returns - a situation in which benefits or profits do not increase enough to make it worth making more effort or spending more money
- Escalation - to become or make something become greater or more serious
- Imminent - likely or certain to happen very soon
- Tariff - a tax that a government charges on goods that enter or leave their country
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Productivity - the rate at which goods are produced, especially in relation to the time, money, and workers needed to produce them
- Boost - to help something to increase, improve, or become more successful
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Left out, abused: on the state of child care institutions"
- Abuse - to use something in a bad, dishonest, or harmful way
- Blind spot - an area that you cannot see
- Revelation - a surprising piece of information
- Sexual abuse - the act of having sex with a child or old person or someone who is mentally ill, against that person's wishes or without that person's agreement
- Inmate - someone who is kept in a prison, mental hospital, or other institution
- Rescue - to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation
- Exploitation - unfair treatment of someone
- Predation - the action of attacking
- Rot - to be in a physical or mental condition that is gradually getting worse
- Juvenile - relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Lacuna - an empty space where something is missing, for example from a piece of writing
- Semblance of something - a situation in which something only appears in a small amount
- Orphan - a child whose parents are dead
- Abandon - left alone by someone who should stay with you and look after you
- Traffic - to illegally buy or sell people, or make money from work they are forced to do, such as sex work
- Victim - someone who has been harmed, injured, or killed as the result of a crime
- Disaster - something very bad that happens and causes a lot of damage or kills a lot of people
- Vent - to express your feelings of anger very strongly
- Grievance - a complaint about being treated in an unfair way
- Underscore - to emphasize something, or to show that it is important
- Virtually - used for emphasizing that a statement is almost completely true
- Scrutiny - careful examination of someone or something
- Adoption - the process of making a child legally part of your family, or an instance of this
- Disclose - to give information to people, especially information that was secret
- Uniformity - the state of being the same as each other or as everything else
- Audit - a careful examination of something,
- Nutrition - food considered as something that keeps you healthy
- Sanitation - conditions and processes relating to people’s health, especially the systems that supply water and deal with human waste
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Incentive - something that makes you want to do something or to work harder, because you know that you will benefit by doing this
- Distress - a feeling that you have when you are very unhappy, worried, or upset
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Imperative - extremely important and urgent
- Blueprint - a detailed plan for doing something new, or something that is a model for how something should be done
- Credentialed - having the qualifications that show you are trained or suitable for a job
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