English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 15th October 2016

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Hai  Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 15th October 2016. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials. 

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A return to Cold War tensions"

• Cold War - unfriendly relations between countries who are not at war with each other
• Foreign policy - a government's policy on dealing with other countries, for example in matters relating to trade or defence
• Frosty - unfriendly
  
• Resurgent - becoming popular again
• A thing of the past - something that no longer happens
• Throwback - a person or thing that is similar to an earlier type
• Proxy war - a war caused by a major power which does not itself become involved
• Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
• Host of - a lot of
• Violation - an action that is in opposition to a law, agreement, principle etc
• Came to a head - if something comes to a head, a situation reaches a point where something must be done about it
• Pulled out - to stop being involved in an activity, event, or situation
• Conflict - angry disagreement between people or groups
• Abandoned - left
• Disarmament - a process by which a country reduces or gets rid of its weapons or armed forces
• Treaty - an official written agreement between two or more countries
• Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
• Belligerence - very unfriendly and angry
• Intransigence - refusing to change your opinions or behaviour
• Murky - used to describe a situation that is complicated and unpleasant
• Escalation - the process of becoming more serious
• Mistrust - to have doubts about the honesty or abilities of someone
• Friction - disagreement
• Evident - easy to see, notice, or understand
• Pursue - if you pursue a plan, activity, or situation, you try to do it or achieve it
• Aggressive - behaving in an angry or rude way that shows you want to fight, attack, or argue with someone
• Regard - consider or think of in a specified way
• Coercive - using force or threats to make someone do something
• Diplomacy - the management of relationships between countries
• Rift - a disagreement between two people or groups
• Negated - to make something have no effect
• Shadow of something - the problems, sadness, trouble etc caused by a particular situation or event
• In the wake of something - happening after an event or as a result of it
• Slump - to be suddenly reduced to a much lower level
• Free fall - an occasion when a price or value suddenly becomes much lower
• Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
• Brutal - extremely violent
• Regime - a particular government or a system or method of government
• Accused - to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime
• Consequential - happening as an indirect result of something
• Key player - an important person, company, etc. in a particular area of activity
• Crises - difficult or dangerous situations
• Rogue - dishonest
• Isolate - to keep someone in a place away from others
• Counterproductive - having the opposite result to the one you intended
• Ideally - preferably (in the best possible way)

Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Time to decongest our prisons"

• Decongest - to make something wider so that people can move freely
• Overcrowding - unpleasant conditions caused by too many people or things being in the same place
• Long-standing - having existed for a long time
• Seldom - not often (almost never)
• Reform - to make an improvement
• Sporadic - not regular or frequent
• Half-hearted - done with no real interest or enthusiasm
• Bemoaning - to complain or say that you are disappointed about something
• Occupancy - the number of things, such as rooms, that are being used, in relation to the total number available
• Bleaker - if a situation is bleaker, there is no hope for the future
• Interim - temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent exists
• Spelt out - to say or explain something very clearly
• Cramped - small and crowded
• Militate against something - to make something less likely to happen or succeed
• Dignity - respect that other people have for you
• Hygiene - the practice of keeping yourself and the things around you clean, in order to prevent illness and disease
• Sanitation - conditions and processes relating to people’s health, especially the systems that supply water and deal with human waste
• Unedifying - unpleasant and without any useful or positive features
• Augment - to increase the size, amount, or value of something
• Ad hoc - done only when needed for a specific purpose, without planning or preparation
• Disquiet - a feeling of being very worried or nervous
• Undertrial - a person who is appearing in a law court because they have been accused of committing a crime
• Poverty -  a situation in which someone does not have enough money to pay for their basic needs
• Surety -  someone who agrees to pay money if you do not go to court when you should
• Invoke - to use a law or rule in order to achieve something

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