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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 17th March 2016. Happy Reading :)
Topic 1 : "Caste atrocities and political abdication"
Topic 2 : "A new chapter in Myanmar"
- Atrocity - an extremely cruel, violent, or shocking act
- Abdication - failure to fulfil a responsibility or duty
- Fspect - a particular part or feature of something
- Resurgence - a new increase of an activity (which had been forgotten for some time)
- Disregard - pay no attention to something / ignore
- Conflict - a serious disagreement
- Hegemonic - the position of being the strongest and most powerful and therefore able to control others
- Anachronistic - old-fashioned
- Notion - a belief or idea
- Mercenaries - people who fights for anybody who pays them
- Brutally - in cruel / violent manner
- Slay - kill a person (or animal) in a violent way
- Wounded - injured (especially with a cut or hole in the skin)
- Merely - only / just
- Lack of something - the fact that something is not available
- Disquieting - causing worry
- Pursue - follow / chase
- Honour killing - the killing of a relative (especially a girl or woman) who brought dishonour on the family
- Dishonour - a state of shame (loss of people's respect)
- Rendering - the way that something is performed
- Transgressor - person who violates a rule / crosses his (or her) limits
- Victim - a person harmed, injured, or killed
- Mores - the traditional customs of society
- Deemed - to consider or judge something in a particular way
- Riot - a violent disturbance of the peace by a group of people
- Emphasis - special importance / value
- Vengeance - the punishing of someone for harming you or your friends or family
- Alleged - said something without proof
- Assertion - a statement that you strongly believe is true
- Regrettable - making you feel sad and sorry about something
- Condemn - express complete disapproval
- Seldom - rarely (not often)
- Confront - to face a difficult situation
- Arrogance - being unpleasantly proud and behaving as if you are more important than other people
- Patronage - the support given to a group by someone
- Lobbies - people who have good control over political parties / government
- Fulsome - expressing a lot of admiration or praise for someone
- Adherents - people who supports a particular party / caste / group
- Shallow - not so serious or careful
- Consciousness - the state of understanding and realizing something
- Reform - make changes in something in order to improve it
- Futile - having no effect or achieving nothing
- Credence - to believe that something is true
- Denied - to say that something is not true
- Disgraceful - shockingly unacceptable.
Topic 2 : "A new chapter in Myanmar"
- Watershed moment - important turning point / historical change
- Seized - take hold of something suddenly and forcibly
- Repressive - to not allow something
- Regime - government
- Denied - refuse to give something requested or desired
- Isolated - to separate something from other things
- Legitimate - allowed by law (reasonable and acceptable)
- Provision - a statement within an agreement or a law that a particular thing must happen or be done
- Bear fruit - to produce successful results
- Irrespective - without considering
- Constitutional - allowed by a constitution (set of political rules)
- Firm - strong
- Uphill - leading to a higher place
- Junta - a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force
- Stagnated - to stay the same and not grow or develop
- Trapping - getting into a dangerous or unpleasant situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape
- Acute - if a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage
- Back on track - getting something in a correct position
- Takeover - an act of getting control of something
- Wield - to have a lot of influence or power over other people
- Enormous - very large in size
- Amendments - minor changes
- Cede - to give up power
- Abroad - in foreign countries
- Expedite - to make something happen more quickly
- Transition - a change from one form or type to another
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