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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated November 26, 2015. Happy Reading :)
Topic 1 : "Aamir Khan’s right to speak"
- Reckoner - a handbook of tables used for easy calculations
- Intolerance - unwillingness to accept views / beliefs
- Fleeting - lasting for a very short time
- Heaped - filled or covered with
- Gracious - merciful
- Contrarian - a person who opposes or rejects people's opinion
- Churlish - difficult to work with or deal with
- Lampoon - publicly criticize something by using sarcasm (satires)
- Clamour - a loud and confused noise (people shouting)
- Short shrift - careless treatment
- Underpinnings - to serve as a foundation (to give support)
- Perceive - to come to an opinion about something
- Prompt - encourage to say something
- Disquiet - a feeling of worry or unease (to make upset)
- Reinforce - support
- Apprehensions - worry about the future
- Subtle - small but important
- Abject - lowering the pride / self-respect of a person
- Illiberalism - Narrow-mindedness
Topic 2 : "The India Story, in word & deed"
- Pitching - to set up
- Oratory skills - public speaking skills
- Reiteration - to say or do again or repeatedly
- Militate - influential effect
- Mammoth - huge
- Endorsement - the act of saying that you approve of or support something or someone
- Conservative - traditional / a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
- Declined - decreased
- Emerging - coming into existence / beginning
- Credible - able to be believed
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