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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 5th February 2016. Happy Reading :)
Topic 1 : "Mehbooba Mufti must take a call"
Topic 2 : "A racist turn in Bengaluru"
- Congenial - friendly and pleasant
- Timeline - a plan that shows how long something will take or when things will happen
- Agenda - a list of aims or possible future achievements
- Alliance - a union or association formed for mutual benefit
- Vacuum - an empty space
- Reluctant - unwilling to do something
- Mourning - the expression of sorrow for someone's death
- Mentor - an experienced and trusted adviser
- Comrade - a friend who you supports you in difficult and dangerous situations
- Erosion - damage
- Perceived - came to realize or understand something
- Eschewed - to avoid something intentionally
- Aligning - give support to someone
- Indulgent- allowing someone do what they want (especially when this is not good for them)
- Foment trouble - to cause or develop trouble
- Instigated - initiated
- Obligations - something that you must do
- Partisan - a strong supporter of a party
- Perspective - point of view
- Evident - clearly seen or understood
- Overture - a communication made to someone in order to offer something
- Brinkmanship - the activity of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous
- Jeopardise - to put (someone or something) into a dangerous situation
- Reckoning - the process of calculating or estimating something
Topic 2 : "A racist turn in Bengaluru"
- Racist - believing that other races are not as good as your own and therefore treating them unfairly
- Sporting - showing
- Bigotry - intolerance towards those who have different opinions than you
- Vigilantism - taking the law into your own hands
- At the receiving end of something - suffered because of something
- Determined - wanting to do something very much and not allowing anyone to stop
- Mete something out - to give or order a punishment (especially cruel or unfair treatment)
- Ire - anger
- Assaulted - to make a physical attack
- Mob - a large crowd of people (causing trouble or violence)
- Rescued - saved (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation
- Torched - to set fire
- Lackadaisical - lacking enthusiasm and determination (carelessly lazy)
- Machinery - organization
- Prompt - to make something happen
- Protest - a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
- Plausible - able to be believed
- Peculiar - strange
- Molest - to touch or attack someone in a sexual way against their wishes
- Free rein - the freedom to do, say what you want
- Pathological - related to people who are unable to control their behaviour (unreasonable)
- Colourism - discrimination against people with a dark skin tone
- Discrimination - treating a person or particular group of people differently (in a worse way)
- Hostility - unfriendliness
- Amply - sufficiently
- Attested - provided
- Vast - extremely big
- Exodus - a lot of people from a place leaving at the same time
- Megalopolis - a very large, heavily populated city
- Citizenry - the group of people who live in a particular country or place
- Prejudice - an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling
- Diversity - many different types of things or people being included in same place
- Tolerance - willingness to accept behaviour and beliefs of others
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