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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 28th September 2016. Happy reading :)
Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials.
Topic 1 : "Debating America"
- Debating - argue about (a subject), especially in a formal manner
- Lived up to something - to be as good as what was expected or promised
- Hype - to repeatedly advertise and discuss something in newspapers, on television, etc. in order to attract everyone's interest
- Nominee - a person who is nominated as a candidate for election or award
- Brash - behaving and talking in a loud and confident way that annoys other people
- Tycoon - a rich and powerful person who is involved in business or industry
- Numerous - many
- Anonymous - f someone is anonymous, no one knows their name
- Moderator - 1 someone who is in charge of a discussion, meeting etc between people with different opinions
- Anchor - someone who presents a television or radio programme, especially the news
- Ended up - to be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it
- Birther - birthers are opponents of US President Barack Obama, who claim that he is not a 'natural born citizen' (not born in the USA)
- Proximity - how near something is to another thing, especially in distance or time
- On the back foot - in a worse situation than other people
- Turned out - to happen in a particular way or to have a particular result, especially an unexpected one
- Emerged - to come to the end of a difficult period or experience
- Brawl - a noisy fight in a public place
- Poise - a controlled and relaxed way of behaving, even in difficult situations
- Tempo - the speed at which something happens
- Baits - something that is offered in order to persuade someone to do something
- Forensically - in great detail
- Racist - someone who does not like or respect people who belong to races that are different from their own and who believes their race is better than others
- Destabilisation - to make a government, area, or political group lose power or control
- LGBT - lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
- Dented - to have a bad effect on something
- Sheer - used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is
- Showmanship - skill in making people feel entertained
- Elucidation - to make something easier to understand by giving more information
- Worrisome - causing you to feel worried
- Disenchantment - disappointment (no longer enthusiastic about someone or something)
- Dysfunction - a failure to work well
- Metaphorical - intended to represent particular aspects of something else
- Partisan - showing strong and usually unfair support for one particular person, group, or idea
- Bickering - to argue about things that are not important
- Logjam - a situation in which one problem is stopping anything else from being done
- Bitterly - in a way that shows strong negative emotion such as anger or disappointment
- Polarised - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other
- Electorate - all the people who are allowed to vote in an election
- Distaste - a feeling of dislike for someone or something that you do not approve of
Topic 2 : "Troubled waters"
- Troubled waters - a difficult situation or time
- Treaty - a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders
- Intent - the intention to do something
- IWT - Indus Water Treaty (India and Pakistan)
- Drew up - to prepare something, usually something official, in writing
- Optimise - to make something as good as possible
- Abrogating - to end a law, agreement, or custom formally
- Juncture - a particular point in time
- Ill-considered - made or done without careful thought
- Instincts - a natural ability to know what to do in a particular situation
- Tributary - a small river that flows into a larger river
- Brokered - to arrange the details of a deal, plan etc so that everyone can agree to it
- Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
- Revoking - to officially say that something is no longer legal, for example a law or a document
- Threaten - to be likely to cause harm or damage to something or someone
- Stability - a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes
- Credibility - qualities that someone has that make people believe or trust them
- Dramatically - sudden and surprising or easy to notice
- Geopolitical - relating to politics, especially international relations, as influenced by geographical factors
- Consequence - a result or effect of something
- Elicit - to make someone react in the way that you want
- Flourish - to be very successful
- Amplified - to increase the size or effect of something
- Frenzied - uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent
- Rhetoric - speech or writing intended to be effective and influence people
- Rational - based on clear thought and reason
- Pragmatic - dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations
- For instance - for example
- Bilateral - involving two countries
- Shore up something - to support or improve an organization, that is not working effectively or that is likely to fail
- Provocation - an action or statement that is intended to make someone angry
- Neighbour - someone who lives near you
- Prone - likely to suffer fro something unpleasant
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