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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 27th January 2017. Happy reading :)
Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Banking on good faith"
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Setback to climate action plans"
- Banking on somebody / something - to depend on something happening or on someone doing something
- Good faith - done in an honest and sincere way
- Intent - the intention to do something
- Implication - a possible effect or result
- At the helm - in charge or in the position of a leader
- Facilitating - to make something possible or easier
- Defunct - no longer existing, living, or working correctly
- Due diligence - the process of carefully examining something or someone
- Restrained - controlled
- Owe - if you owe someone money, you have to give them a particular amount of money because you have bought something from them or have borrowed money from them
- Exile - a situation in which you are forced to live in a foreign country because you cannot live in your own country, usually for political reasons
- Scramble - to move quickly but with difficulty
- Trial - the process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent
- Tribunal - a special law court organized to judge a particular case
- Consortium - a group of companies or people with similar interests or aims who have agreed to work together
- Embarrassment - a feeling of being nervous or ashamed because of what people know or think about you
- Legacy - something that is a part of your history or that remains from an earlier time
- Amidst - in the middle of or surrounded by
- Wilful - done deliberately in order to cause damage or harm
- Defaulter - someone who does not pay interest or other money that they owe
- Bad debt - money that someone owes but will never pay
- Baron - an extremely powerful person in a particular area of business
- Emerged - to become known
- Poster boy - a famous person who is heavily associated with something
- Flurry - a short period of activity or emotion
- Belated - happening late
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- Well-heeled - rich
- Nexus - an important connection between the parts of a system or a group of things
- Safeguarding - to protect something or someone from being harmed or having problems
- Transparent - open and honest, without secrets
- Adverse - having a negative or harmful effect on something
- So-called - used for showing that you think a word used for describing someone or something is not suitable
- Paralysis - a situation in which you are unable to take action
- Urged - to say that something is important, good, or useful in a particular situation
- Retribution - punishment that someone deserves because they have done something very bad
- Earnest - serious, determined, and meaning what you say
- Amendment - a change made to a law or agreement
- Subjective - influenced by or based on personal beliefs or feelings, rather than based on facts
- Chargesheet - to make a formal statement telling someone that they are accused of a crime
- Malfeasance - an example of dishonest and illegal behaviour, especially by a person in authority
- Swift - happening quickly or immediately
- Exemplary - excellent or done in a way that other people should try to copy
- Random - chosen or happening without any particular method, pattern, or purpose
- Witch-hunt - an attempt to find and punish people whose opinions are unpopular and who are said to be a danger to society
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Setback to climate action plans"
- Setback - a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse
- Scepticism - doubts that someone has about something that other people think is true or right
- Adversely - negative, unpleasant, or harmful
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Abundantly - in large quantities
- Swearing-in - an official ceremony in which someone starting a new official job formally promises to be loyal and honest and to perform their duties well
- Administration - the arrangements and tasks needed to control the operation of a plan or organization
- Protest - an occasion when people show that they disagree with something by standing somewhere, shouting, carrying signs, etc
- Softened - to become more gentle or less strict
- Resurrected - to bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended
- Controversial - causing disagreement or discussion
- Protracted - lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary
- Policymaker - a member of a government department, legislature, or other organization who is responsible for making new rules, laws, etc
- Gag - to officially prevent a person, newspaper etc from talking about or publishing something
- Subsequently - after something else happened
- In line with - similar/different to someone or something
- Hoax - a trick in which someone deliberately tells people that something bad is going to happen or that something is true when it is not
- Fossil-fuel - fuels, such as gas, coal, and oil, that were formed underground from plant and animal remains millions of years ago
- Extraction - the process of removing something, especially by force
- Accord - a formal agreement between countries or groups
- Emission - the act of sending out gas, heat, light, etc
- Repercussion - the effect that an action, event, or decision has on something, especially a bad effect
- Mitigate - to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad
- Inadequate - not good enough or too low in quality
- Deviation - a difference in the usual or expected way of doing something
- Implication - a possible effect or result
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