English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 15th November 2017

Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of Today's Hindu News Paper dated 15th November 2017. Happy reading :)

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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Warm, warmer: on climate change"

Convention - a meeting that a lot of people belonging to a particular profession or organization go to in order to discuss things
Imperative - something that is very important and urgent
Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
Mitigation - a reduction in the harmful effects of something
Intensity - strength
Emission - a substance, especially a gas, that goes into the air
Heed - to consider someone’s advice or warning and do what they suggest
Predicate - to base an action or decision on the existence or truth of something else
Impact - an effect, or an influence
Drought - a long period of time when there is little or no rain and crops die
Rigid - not easily changed
Resolution - the action of solving a problem or dealing with a disagreement in a satisfactory way
Mitigation - a reduction in the harmful effects of something
Mantle - the authority or responsibility connected with someone’s position, duties, or beliefs
Leapfrog - to improve your position by going past other people quickly or by missing out some stages
Paradigm - a set of ideas that are used for understanding or explaining something
Chalked out - to outline / explain something
Renewable energy - renewable energy and natural materials replace themselves by natural processes, so that they are never completely used up
Resolutely - in an admirably purposeful, determined manner
Rooftop - the outside of the roof of a building
Decarbonisation - to reduce the amount of gaseous carbon compounds released into the atmosphere as a result of human activity
Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
Abatement - a reduction in something harmful or unpleasant
Negate - to make something have no effect
Incentive - something that makes you want to do something or to work harder, because you know that you will benefit by doing this

Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The Hariri mystery: on the former Lebanon PM's absence"

Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
Instability - a situation that keeps changing, so that you are worried about what might happen
Plung - to fall quickly from a high position
Reignite - to make something such as a disagreement or worry that was disappearing grow stronger
Proxy - the authority to represent someone else
Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
Militia - a group of ordinary people who are trained as soldiers to fight in an emergency
Confront - to deal with a difficult situation
Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
Speculation - ideas or discussion about why something has happened or what might happen
Conventional - of the usual, traditional, or accepted type, instead of being new and different
Amass - to collect a lot of something such as money or information over a period of time
Enormous - very large in size or quantity
Clout - the authority to make decisions, or the power to influence events
Backed - supported
Confrontational - behaving in a way that shows you want to have an argument or fight with someone
Potential - possible or likely in the future
Retaliate - to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
Pawn - a person who does not have any real power but is used by others to achieve something
Forge - to work hard to achieve something
Wary - not completely trusting or certain about something or someone
Disrupt - to interrupt something and prevent it from continuing by creating a problem