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English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 30th July 2019
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "In governance mode: on Yediyurappa govt's focus"
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Uncertainty - a nervous feeling that you have because you think bad things might happen
- Instability - a situation that keeps changing, so that you are worried about what might happen
- Irony - a strange, funny, or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect
- Absolute - very great, or complete
- Apparent - easy to see or understand
- Concede - to admit that something is true
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Saddle - to have control of something
- Rebellion - an attempt to remove a government or leader by force
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Inherent - an inherent quality is a basic or essential feature that gives something its character
- Contradiction - a difference in two or more statements, ideas, stories etc that makes it impossible for both or all of them to be true
- Relentless - something bad that is relentless never seems to stop or improve
- Amoral - someone who is amoral does not care whether or not their behaviour is morally right
- Pursuit - the process of trying to achieve something
- Evidently - used for saying that something is obvious
- Elated - extremely happy and excited
- Forget and forgive - to decide not to continue being angry about something that someone has done, and not to allow your memory of it to influence your future relationship
- Machinations - secret, complicated, and clever plans and actions intended to achieve an aim
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Defection - to leave a country, political party, or organization and go to another one
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Pre-empt - to do or say something that stops someone else’s plan or action
- By-polls - an election held in a single political constituency to fill a vacancy arising during a government's term of office
- Alter - to make something or someone different
- Linger - to stay somewhere longer than is necessary
- Reputation - the opinion that people have about how good or how bad someone or something is
- Investor - a person or organization that invests money
- Dishonourable - considered bad or morally wrong
- High-handedness - using power or authority more forcefully than is needed, without thinking about the feelings or wishes of other people
- Rapacity - the quality of having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force
- Powerhouse - a person or thing that has a lot of strength or energy
- Medium-term - the period of time that lasts a few months or years from the present time
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Garner - to collect or obtain a large amount of something useful or important
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Talks and terror: on Afghan peace talks"
- Terror - a strong feeling of fear
- Injure - to hurt someone and cause damage to their body
- Grave - so serious that you feel worried
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- War-torn - a war-torn country or place has been badly damaged by a war, especially a war that involves different groups from the same country
- Amid - if something happens amid particular feelings or events, it happens while people have these feelings or while these events are happening
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Critic - someone who does not like something and states their opinion about it
- Running-mate - someone who takes part in an election for two jobs with another person, and who will get the less important job if they win
- Assault - a physical attack on someone, or the crime of physically attacking someone
- Campaign - a series of actions intended to produce political or social change
- Insurgent - someone who belongs to a group of people fighting to take control of their country by force
- Fortify - to protect a place against attack by building strong walls, towers, or other structures around it
- Full-fledged - completely developed or trained
- Leverage - the power to make someone do what you want
- Bargaining - discussions between people in order to reach agreement on something such as prices, wages, working conditions, etc
- Apparent - easy to see or understand
- Minority - a part of a population that is different in race, religion, or culture from most of the population
- Notorious - famous for something bad
- Chronic - a chronic problem is always happening or returning and is very difficult to solve
- Eroding - to gradually damage the surface of rock or land so that it begins to disappear, or to be gradually damaged in this way
- Beleaguered - having a lot of problems or criticism to deal with
- Prolonged - continuing for a long time
- Stalemate - a situation in which progress is impossible because the people or groups involved cannot agree
- Hinterland - an area that is a long way from a town or city
- Urban - relating to towns and cities, or happening there
- Leeway - the amount of freedom that someone has to make their own decisions or to take action
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Resolute - extremely determined
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