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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 26th July 2016. Happy reading :)
Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials.
Topic 1 : "Islamic State in Afghanistan"
Topic 2 : "Adding injury to insult"
- Injured - hurt or physically harmed
- Escalation - the process of becoming greater or more serious
- Conflict - an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles
- Chaotic - happening in a confused way and without any order or organization
- Province - an area that is governed as part of a country
- Flaunted - to deliberately try to make people notice your possessions, beauty, abilities etc, because you want them to admire you
- Reckon - to believe or accept that something is true or exists
- Chink - a small narrow crack or opening
- Armour - strong covering that protects something
- Fray - an energetic and often not well-organized effort, activity, fight, or disagreement
- Worse - more unpleasant or bad than something else or than before
- Potential - possible when the necessary conditions exist
- Sustained - continuing for a long time
- Variously - in different ways, by different people or at different times
- Territory - areas of countries
- Amidst - in the middle of or surrounded by something
- Chaos - a situation in which everything is confused
- Exploited - make full use of and derive benefit from a situation
- Uncertainty - not knowing what to do or believe, or not able to decide about something
- Substantially - by a large amount or degree
- Mountainous - covered with mountains
- Foothold - a strong first position from which further progress can be made
- Sectarian - caused by disagreements among people from different religious groups
- Narrative - a particular way of explaining or understanding events
- Ethnic - relating to a particular race of people
- Rivalry - a situation in which people, businesses, etc. compete with each other for the same thing
- Whip up - to encourage strong emotions or behaviour in people
- Persecuted - to treat someone extremely badly
- Conflict - an active disagreement between people with opposing opinions or principles
- Ideology - a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based
- Coalition - a temporary union of different groups who agree to work together to achieve a shared aim
- Consequences - results or effects of something
- Disastrous - causing a lot of damage or harm
Topic 2 : "Adding injury to insult"
- Adding injury to insult - to make a bad experience even more painful
- Democracy - a country in which power is held by elected representatives
- Reflected - to show / express something
- Robustness - strength
- Texture - appearance
- Discourse - communication in speech or writing
- Tasteless - likely to upset someone
- Indefensible - not able to be protected against attack
- Provoked - to cause a negative reaction
- Vulgarity - jokes, actions etc with a sexual meaning that is considered to be rude or offensive
- Partymen - people belonging to a political party
- Coarse - rude
- Analogy - comparison between things that have similar features
- Prostitution - engaging in sexual activity with someone for payment
- Smacked of something - a sign of something bad
- Deep-seated - very difficult to change or get rid of
- Sexist - refering to women's bodies, behaviour, or feelings in a negative way
- Bias - the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way
- Ostensibly - appearing to be one thing when it is really something else
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Unpardonable - extremely bad or offensive
- Slur - a remark that is intended to insult someone or to damage their reputation
- Bereft - not having something or feeling great loss
- Nuance - a slight difference that may be difficult to notice but is fairly important
- Firmness - the quality of being forceful and making people do what you want
- Desire - to want something, especially strongly
- Curb - to control or limit something that is not wanted
- Fallout - the unpleasant results or effects of an action or event
- Sizeable - large
- Expelled - to force someone to leave an organization, or country
- On the back foot - in a worse situation than other people or groups
- Battling - fighting
- Protests - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Outrage - a feeling of anger and shock
- Brutal - cruel, violent, and completely without feelings
- Assault - physical attack
- Self-styled - given a name or title by yourself without any official reason for it
- Activists - people who takes part in activities that are intended to achieve political or social change, especially the members of an organization
- Prejudice - an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
- Regrettably - making you feel sad and sorry about something
- Detractor - someone who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly
- Derogatory - showing strong disapproval and not showing respect
- Squandered - wasted
- Decorum - behaviour that is controlled, calm, and polite
- Overreaction - to react in an extreme, especially an angry or frightened, way
- Irony - a strange situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect
- Theatrics - behaviour that is intended to get attention
- Sway - to move slowly from side to side
- Borne - to accept, tolerate, or endure something, especially something unpleasant
- Reins - control of a company, government, or organization
- Stature - the amount of public respect or popularity
- Alter - to slightly change something
- Lexicon - all the words used in a particular language or subject
- Heartland - the central part of a country or area
- Fritter - waste time, money, or energy on unimportant matters
- Torrent - a large amount of something, especially something unpleasant
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