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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 19th May 2018. Happy reading :)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A chance in Srinagar: On Ramzan ceasefire"
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A chance in Srinagar: On Ramzan ceasefire"
- Ceasefire - an agreement to stop fighting for a period of time, especially in order to discuss permanent peace
- Cessation - an end to something
- Retaliate - to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Essential - completely necessary
- Respite - a short period of rest from having to deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation
- Valley - a low area of land between mountains or hills, usually with a river flowing through it
- Escalate - to become much worse or more serious, or to make something do this
- Equilibrium - a situation in which there is a balance between different forces or aspects
- Militancy - the use of confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause
- Funeral - a ceremony that takes place after someone dies
- Rallying point - a place, event, or person that people are attracted to as a symbol of a political group or ideal
- Protest - a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, or opposition
- Stone-pelting - to throw stones with force at someone or something
- Toll - the total number of people who have been killed or hurt
- Alienation - the act of making someone stop supporting and agreeing with you
- Cordon - a line of people, especially police officers or soldiers, that stops other people from going somewhere
- Initiative - an important action that is intended to solve a problem
- Gesture - a movement that communicates a feeling or instruction
- Calibrated - measured and careful
- Remark - a few words that give the facts or your opinion about someone or something
- Dialogue - a process in which two people or groups have discussions in order to solve problems
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Wound - emotional damage caused by something bad that happens
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Parallel - a way in which separate things or people are similar to each other
- Spiral out of control - to continuously become worse, more, or less
- Gun down - to shoot someone and kill them or injure them badly,
- In the wake of something - happening after an event or as a result of it
- Halt - a temporary or permanent stop in a process
- Eventually - at the end of a process or period of time in which many things happen
- In tatters - something such as a plan or an agreement that is in tatters has been spoiled and will probably fail
- Outreach - the practice of providing help and advice to people in a community before they have to ask for it
- Possibly - likely to happen or be true, but not certain
- Unconditional - without limits or conditions
- Isolate - to separate something from other things with which it is connected or mixed
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Nine years after: On ninth anniversary of the end of civil war in Sri Lanka"
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Persisting - to continue to exist
- Ethnic - relating to a group of people who have the same culture and traditions
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- Wound - an injury in which your skin or flesh is damaged, usually seriously
- Heal - if an injury heals, the skin or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again
- Introspect - reflect on one's own thoughts and feelings
- Polarise - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other, or to cause this to happen
- Province - one of many areas into which some countries are divided
- Savage - cruel and unpleasant or violent
- Hail - to say publicly how good or important someone or something is
- Sacrifice - to give up something important or valuable so that you or other people can do or have something else
- Civilian - someone who does not belong to the armed forces or the police
- Conflict - fighting between countries or groups
- Disparate - disparate things belong to very different groups or classes
- Narrative - a story, or an account of something that has happened
- Trauma - a bad experience that makes you feel very upset, afraid, or shocked
- Triumph - a great victory or success
- Fruitful - producing good results
- Negotiate - to try to reach an agreement by discussing something in a formal way, especially in a business or political situation
- Hard-won - achieved only after a lot of effort
- Slim - very small
- Outlive - to continue to exist after something else has stopped
- Drafting - to write something such as a legal document, speech, or letter that may have changes made to it before it is finished
- Devolve - to take power or responsibility from a central authority or government and give it to smaller and more local regions
- Majority - most of the people or things in a group
- Preoccupied - thinking about something so much or spending so much time doing something that you do not notice other things or cannot think about other things
- Persistent - continuing to exist
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Enforced - happening because of a situation that you cannot control or prevent
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Durable - able to stay in good condition for a long time
- Accountability - a situation in which people know who is responsible for something and can ask them to explain its state or quality
- Proactive - taking action and making changes before they need to be made, rather than waiting until problems develop
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Revive - to make someone / something become conscious or alive again
- Neck-deep - deeply involved
- Desperate - very worried and angry because you do not know how to deal with an unpleasant situation
- Obvious - clear to almost anyone
- Haunt - to make someone feel worried and upset for a long time
- Healing - the process of becoming healthy again, or recovering from an unhappy experience
- Look forward to - to feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen
- Overwhelming - much larger, stronger, more important etc than anything else in a situation
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