Dear students, English language is the flavor of the millennium. In every aspect of life, we need great English language skills to stand out and be a success in your chosen field. In your competitive Exams for govt. jobs, English section is the most challenging. The best way to improve your language skills is by Reading newspapers. We are providing 10 vocabulary words from The Hindu Newspaper Editorial. Read and learn.
1.Transgressions (noun)
Meaning: an act that goes against a law, rule, or code of conduct; an offence.
Synonyms: offence, crime, sin, wrong, wrongdoing, misdemeanour, felony, misdeed, lawbreaking, indiscretion, peccadillo, mischief, mischievousness, wickedness.
Example: Another face-off at the Himalayan border has surprised few. Since 2010, nearly 2,500 Chinese “transgressions” have been recorded on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the undefined border between India and China. But this is not a typical stand-off.
2.Status quo (noun)
Meaning: the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.
Example: According to the External Affairs Ministry’s June 30 press release, Indian involvement is aimed to prevent China from changing the status quo by building a road on territory claimed by Bhutan, India’s closest ally in the subcontinent.
3.Emanate (verb)
Meaning: (of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or spread out from (a source).
Synonyms: emerge, flow, pour, proceed, issue, ensue, come out, come forth, spread out.
Example: What makes the crisis particularly dangerous compared to previous episodes on the border is the absence of an agreed definition of what is at stake. For China, it is about “territorial sovereignty”; for India, it is about “security implications” emanating from a potentially deeper Chinese foothold in the lower Chumbi valley.
4.Animosity (noun)
Meaning: strong hostility.
Synonyms: antipathy, hostility, friction, antagonism, enmity, animus, opposition, aversion, acrimony, bitterness, rancour, resentment, dislike, ill feeling, bad feeling, ill will, bad blood, hatred.
Antonyms: goodwill, friendship
Example: But with the level of mistrust and animosity at record highs, it seems improbable that either side is interested in reassurance gestures. The indivisibility of the object of discord — in this case China’s territorial claims and India’s conception of security in the Northeast — makes an exit ramp or de-escalation difficult.
5.Explicitly (adverb)
Meaning: in a clear and detailed manner, leaving no room for confusion or doubt.
Synonyms: clear, direct, plain, obvious, straightforward, clear-cut, crystal clear, clearly expressed, easily understandable, blunt.
Antonyms: vague, suggestive, implicit.
Example: The indivisibility of the object of discord — in this case China’s territorial claims and India’s conception of security in the Northeast — makes an exit ramp or de-escalation difficult. As it stands today, both sides have dug in their heels and signalled a commitment to their respective positions, the Chinese more explicitly and through a flurry of official pronouncements.
6.Stalemate (noun)
Meaning: A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock., a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check.
Synonyms: deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead end, stand-off, draw, tie, dead heat.
Antonyms: advance, headway, progress
Example: Where do we go from here? By interposing itself in close proximity to Chinese border guards, India has created a stalemate that can only be broken via one of three ways: one side backs off, either side tries to dislodge the other by force, or quiet diplomacy allows both sides to save face.
7.Crescendo (noun)
Meaning: MUSIC-a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music., a progressive increase in intensity.
Example: The first scenario seems improbable given the crescendo of rhetoric surrounding the crisis. Rolling back the opponent’s position is also unviable because it would produce an escalation, whether in the local Sikkim theater or along a wider front on the 3,488 km LAC.
8.Brinkmanship (noun)
Meaning: the art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
Example: Some commentators have been thinking in highly tactical terms where India’s local military advantages are deemed to provide the ingredients of a compellence posture. However, unlike in the eight disputed pockets of the LAC where brinkmanship can be entertained, coercing the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in an area where Beijing is convinced of its sovereignty and India’s own territorial stakes are not even at play would almost certainly involve fierce reprisals in the form of vertical or horizontal escalation in military and other domains.
9.Exude (verb)
Meaning: (with reference to moisture or a smell) discharge or be discharged slowly and steadily.
Synonyms: give off/out, discharge, release, send out, send forth, emit, issue, emanate
Example: The Chinese seem to exude more confidence on this front. Beijing’s relationships with its main rivals, the U.S. and Japan, seem to be stabilizing. While Washington is a divided entity today, the relationship with China has robust bipartisan support with little traction for a new adversarial posture.
10. Irredentist (noun)
Meaning: a person advocating the restoration to their country of any territory formerly belonging to it.
Example: Even on a sub-regional level, a conflict with India would steer China further towards an irredentist Pakistan as its sole partner, a sub-optimal outcome for Beijing, which prefers a wider profile in the subcontinent.
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