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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 10th January 2017. Happy reading :)
Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Oiling cashless wheels"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "A blow to reformists in Iran"
- Oil the wheels - to make it easier for something to happen
- Threat - a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed
- Intervention - a situation in which someone becomes involved in a particular issue, problem etc in order to influence what happens
- Protest - a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, or opposition
- Put something off - to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date
- Raise a red flag - to oppose something
- Levy - an amount of money that you have to pay, for example as a tax
- Merchant - a person whose job is to buy and sell products in large amounts
- Demonetisation - to officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
- Waived - to choose to officially ignore a rule, right, or claim
- Surcharge - a charge in addition to the usual amount paid for something, or the amount already paid
- Consumer - a person who buys goods or services for their own use
- Stakeholders - a person or group of people who own a share in a business
- Out of line - behaving in a way that other people do not approve of
- Tank up - to fill a vehicle with petrol
- Spat - a short argument
- Subvention - an amount of money given as support by an organization or government for a particular purpose
- Outlet - a pipe or hole through which gas or liquid flows out
- Ease - to become less serious, difficult, unpleasant, painful, etc
- Cash-strapped - not having enough money
- Nudging - pushing someone gently
- Uncertainty - the situation in which you are not able to decide about something
- Crisis - an extremely difficult or dangerous point in a situation
- Legislative - relating to laws
- Constituted - combined
- Mooted - to suggest something as a subject for discussion
- Transparency - an honest way of doing things that allows other people to know exactly what you are doing
- Liable - having (legal) responsibility for something or someone
- Consistency - the quality of always behaving or performing in a similar way, or of always happening in a similar way
- Suffice - to be enough
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "A blow to reformists in Iran"
- Reformists - people wanting to change and improve society or an institution
- Cleric - a religious leader
- Moderate - a person whose opinions, especially their political ones, are not extreme and are therefore acceptable to a large number of people
- Tenure - the period of time during which someone has an important job or is an elected official
- Emerging - just beginning to exist or be noticed
- Revolutionary - someone who tries to cause or take part in a revolution
- Overthrow - to defeat or remove someone from power, using force
- Regime - a particular government
- Devastated - completely destroyed
- Liberal - respecting and allowing many different types of beliefs or behaviour
- Statism - the principle that the government should own or control most of a country's industry and economy
- Ruthless - not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel
- Preside over - to be in a position of power while important changes or events are happening
- Suppression - to stop opposition or protest using military force or strict laws
- Dissent - strong disagreement
- Prominent - very well known and important
- Reformist - wanting to change and improve society or an institution
- Hardliner - the fact of being very severe, for example in refusing to allow something or to give people what they want:
- Supremacy - the leading or controlling position
- Theocracy - government by religious leaders
- Conservative - not usually liking or trusting change, especially sudden change
- Milieu - the particular people and society that surround you and influence the way in which you behave
- Allegations - a statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal
- Loggerheads - to strongly disagree (with someone)
- Thwarted - to stop something from happening or someone from doing something
- Prominence - the state of being important or well known
- Centrist - supporting the centre of the range of political opinions
- Pivotal - extremely important and affecting how something develops
- Landmark - a major event or achievement that marks an important stage in a process and makes progress possible
- Inclination - a feeling that you want to do a particular thing
- Weaponising - to turn bacteria, poisonous chemicals, etc. into weapons that could kill or injure many people
- Volatile - likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly or suddenly become violent or angry
- Reformist - someone who tries to improve a system or law by changing it
- Stiff - severe and difficult
- Theocrat - a person who rules, governs as a representative of God
- Ripe age - an age at which someone is very old
- Straddle - to be on both sides of something
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