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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The power of two: on simultaneous elections to the Assemblies and Lok Sabha"
- Simultaneous - happening or done at the same time
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Variable - something that can change and affect the result of a situation
- Opposition - the political parties in a country that are not part of the government
- Salient - a salient fact, issue, or feature is one that is especially noticeable or relevant
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Backlash - a strong, negative, and often angry reaction to something that has happened, especially a political or social change
- Bifurcation - to divide into two separate parts
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Reassure - to make someone feel less worried about something
- Significant - very large or noticeable
- Per capita income - average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year
- Irrigation - to supply land with water so that crops and plants will grow
- Flip side - the negative aspects of an idea, plan, or situation
- Ballooning - to quickly increase in size, weight, or importance:
- Overcome - to succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem
- One-upmanship - a way of behaving in which someone tries to get an advantage by appearing to be more skilful, important etc than other people
- Crucial - something that is crucial is extremely important because it has a major effect on the result of something
- Substantive - important or serious, or referring to the most important or serious issues
- Differentiation - the act of seeing or showing a difference between things
- Scenario - a situation that could possibly happen
- Incumbency - an official position
- Welfare - the health and happiness of people
- Buoy - to encourage someone and make them feel more confident
- Stronghold - a place where people fighting an enemy can defend or organize themselves
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Dominant - more important, powerful, or successful than the other people or things of the same type
- Showdown - a big meeting, argument, or fight that finally settles a disagreement between people or proves who is the best
- Straddle - to be on both sides of something
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Civilian - someone who does not belong to the armed forces or the police
- Fled - to escape from a dangerous situation or place very quickly
- Territory - an area of land controlled by a particular country, leader, or army
- Imminent - likely or certain to happen very soon
- Caliphate - an Islamic state, especially one ruled by a single religious and political leader
- Shatter - extremely upset
- Forefront - a leading or important position
- Liberate - to make a place or the people in it free from soldiers who have been controlling it
- Destruction - damage that is so severe that something stops existing or can never return to its normal state
- Insurgent - someone who belongs to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force
- Shrink - to become smaller in size
- Vast - extremely large
- Tactic - a particular method or plan for achieving something
- Predecessor - something that has been replaced by another thing
- Decline - to become less or worse
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Remnant - a small remaining part of something
- Revival - the process of becoming active, successful, or popular again
- Stakeholder - someone who has an interest in the success of a plan, system, or organization
- Mindful - careful about or conscious of something
- Geopolitical - related to a country’s position, economy, and population influence its politics, especially in relation to other countries
- Sectarian - caused by disagreements among people from different religious groups
- Minefield - a situation or process with many possible problems or dangers
- Exploit - to treat someone unfairly in order to get some benefit for yourself
- Autonomous - an autonomous state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
- Chaos - a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess
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