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Note : Click on titles to read Editorials from THE HINDU News Paper
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Party and symbol: on ‘Two Leaves’ verdict"
- Verdict - an official judgment made in a court
- Deepen - if a bad situation deepens, it becomes worse
- Dilemma - a situation in which you have to make a difficult decision
- Uphold - if a court of law upholds something such as a claim, it says that it is correct
- Majority - most of the people or things in a group
- Faction - a small group within a larger group, consisting of people with different opinions from the rest
- Confidante - a woman who you trust and can discuss your secrets and private feelings with
- Nephew - a son of your brother or sister, or a son of your husband’s or wife’s brother or sister
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Loyalist - someone who supports their government, especially during a revolution
- Disqualify - to not allow someone to do something because they have committed an offence
- Outmanoeuvre - to defeat or gain an advantage over someone by being more clever or skilful than they are
- Forge - to develop a successful relationship, especially in business or politics, with another country, organization, or person
- Interim - intended to last or perform an activity only until someone or something permanent or final is available
- Contention - an opinion or statement that something is true, especially one made during a discussion or argument
- Vitiate - to make something less effective or legally acceptable
- Malice - a strong feeling of wanting to hurt someone or be unkind to them
- Affidavit - a legal document containing a written promise that something is true
- Renege - to decide not to do something that you promised to do
- Set back - to delay the progress of someone or something
- By-election - an election in one particular area to choose a new representative in parliament or on a council, or to replace someone who has died or left the job
- Constituency - a division of a country that elects a representative to a parliament
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Hing on - if one thing hinges on another, the first thing depends on the second thing or is very influenced by it
- Tactically - in a way that relates to a planned method of achieving something
- Mainstream - considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people
- Acid test - a fact, event, or situation that proves something, for example whether a plan will work
- Survival - the fact or state of continuing to live or exist, especially in difficult conditions
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Alarming spread: on H1N1 cases"
- Alarming - frightening or worrying
- Influenza - a very common infectious disease that lasts a short time and makes you feel hot or cold, weak, and tired (flu)
- Respectively - used for saying that something happens separately to each of the people or things mentioned in the order in which they were mentioned
- Let-up - if something bad or unpleasant lets up, it slows down or stops
- Surveillance - the process of carefully watching a person or place that may be involved in a criminal activity
- Moreover - used for introducing an additional and important fact that supports or emphasizes what you have just said
- Pandemic - a disease that affects almost everyone in a very large area
- Preparedness - the state of being ready for something
- Contain - to control
- Deem - to consider that someone or something has a particular quality
- Pre-existing - used for describing something that already existed before something else started
- Chronic - a chronic illness or chronic pain is serious and lasts for a long time
- Susceptible - easily influenced or affected by something
- Hypertension - a condition in which your blood pressure is extremely high
- Advisable - if something is advisable, it is a good idea to do it, especially in order to avoid problems
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Uptake -the rate or act of accepting something
- Precautionary - done or used for protection against possible harm or trouble
- Etiquette - a set of rules for behaving correctly in social situations
- Cough etiquette - a series of actions to take if you are coughing or sneezing, which are designed to reduce the spread of respiratory illness to others
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