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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Pushing boundaries: on Balakot air strikes"
- Robust - strong and successful
- Follow-up - something that is done in order to complete something
- Restrained - controlled and not emotional
- Calibrated - measured and careful
- Latter - used for referring to the second of two people, things, or groups that have just been mentioned
- Manifest - to show something such as a feeling or ability, so that it is easy to notice
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- Utterance -a statement
- Pre-emptive - done or said to prevent something from happening
- Assessment - the process of making a judgment or forming an opinion, after considering something or someone carefully
- Imminent - likely or certain to happen very soon
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Personnel - the people who work for a company or organization, or who are members of a military force
- 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
- Casualty - someone who is injured or killed in an accident or military action
- Escalate - to become much worse or more serious, or to make something do this
- Aggression - an angry feeling that makes you want to attack or defeat someone else
- Exhaust - to use all that you have of something
- Curb - to control or limit something that is harmful
- There is no denying - used for saying that something is clearly true
- Draw the line - to say that you will definitely not allow or accept something
- Recrimination - a situation in which people are accusing or criticizing each other
- Retaliatory - intended to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Determine - to control what something will be
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Tolerance - the attitude of someone who is willing to accept someone else’s beliefs, way of life etc without criticizing them even if they disagree with them
- Significantly - by a large amount, or in a way that is easily noticeable
- Exception - someone or something that is different in some way from other people or things and so cannot be included in a general statement
- Criticism - comments that show that you think something is wrong or bad
- Counsel - to give someone advice and help with their problems, especially as your job
- Restraint - the limit or control of the expression of strong emotion or opinion
- Diplomat - an official whose job is to represent their government in a foreign country
- Fora - a situation or meeting in which people can talk about a problem or matter especially of public interest
- Convene - to arrange a formal meeting, or to gather for a meeting
- Oversee - to watch something in order to check that it works or happens in the way that it should
- Obviate - to get rid of something such as a need or a problem
- Retaliatory - intended to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Make a break for something - to suddenly run away from someone in order to escape
- Triumphalism - the attitude or behaviour of someone who shows they are very proud of their own victory or success
- Surgical strike - a military attack, especially by air, that is designed to destroy something specific and to avoid wider damage
- Duly - in the way that you expect or think is suitable
- Bear the brunt - to suffer the worst part of an unpleasant or problematic situation
- Jingoism - the belief that other countries are not as good as your own, and that your government should never trust them
- Unleash - to do or to cause something that has a very powerful or harmful effect
- Deterrent - something that makes people decide not to do something by making them realize that something unpleasant could happen to them
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Decolonising Chagos"
- Colonising - to take control of another country by going to live there or by sending people to live there
- Unlawful - something that is unlawful is illegal, especially something that would be considered legal in a different situation
- Landmark - a major event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process and makes progress possible
- Predictable - if something is predictable, it happens in the way that you would expect
- Significance - the importance that something has because it affects other things
- Jeopardise - to risk damaging or destroying something important
- Administer - to be responsible for managing a company, organization, or institution
- Endorse - to express support for someone or something, especially in public
- Imbalance - a situation in which the balance between two things is not equal or fair
- Assessment - the process of making a judgment or forming an opinion, after considering something or someone carefully
- Colonial - relating to a system or period in which one country rules another
- Legacy - something such as a tradition or problem that exists as a result of something that happened in the past
- Indefensible - impossible to defend from criticism
- Jurisdiction - the right or power to make legal decisions
- Thrash out - to discuss something until you find a solution or reach an agreement
- Insist - to say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
- Interpretation - an explanation of the meaning or importance of something
- Administration - the activities involved in managing a business, organization, or institution
- Compel - to force someone to do something, or to get something from someone using force
- Territory - an area of land controlled by a particular country, leader, or army
- Advisory - an official warning
- Sovereignty - the right to rule a country
- Passive - accepting what happens without trying to control or change events or to react to things
- Injustice - failure to treat someone fairly and to respect their rights
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