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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of Today's Hindu News Paper dated 21st November 2017. Happy reading :)
Note : Click on the title to read the Editorial from the News Paper
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "A fine balance — On the National Anti-profiteering Authority"
- Profiteering - to make large profits by charging high prices for things that people need and cannot get anywhere else
- Harassment - annoying or unpleasant behaviour towards someone
- Provision - a part of an agreement or law that deals with a particular problem
- Empower - to give a person or organization the legal authority to do something
- Crack down - to start dealing with someone or something much more strictly
- Regime - a system of rules that control something
- Undue - to a level that is more than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable
- Errant - behaving in a way that is bad or wrong
- Bureaucracy - a complicated and annoying system of rules and processes
- Allegation - a statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal even though this has not been proved
- Vet - to examine something in order to decide if it is allowed
- Prima facie - based on what seems to be true, before a situation has been examined in detail
- Fair play - fair and honest treatment of people
- Discretionary - based on someone’s judgment of a particular situation rather than on a set of rules
- Perception - a particular way of understanding or thinking about something
- Inscribe - to write words on something
- Inventory - the goods in a shop
- Chains - a group of businesses such as shops, hotels, or restaurants that all belong to the same person or company
- Unnerving - to make someone nervous or frightened
- Take a cue from - to use someone else's behavior or reactions as a guide to one's own
- Indiscriminately - done without considering who or what you harm or damage
- Cartel - a group of people or companies who all agree to sell something at the same price so that they can all make profits without competing with one another
- Transparently - the quality of being done in an open way without secrets
- At stake - likely to be lost or damaged if something fails
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Falling apart — On Germany political crisis"
- Falling apart - if something such as an organization, agreement, or relationship falls apart, it no longer continues
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Ripple effect - a situation in which one thing causes a series of other things to happen
- Requisite - necessary for a particular purpose
- Consensus - agreement among all the people involved
- Sticking point - something that people cannot agree on and that stops them from continuing with a discussion
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Negotiation - formal discussions in which people or groups try to reach an agreement, especially in a business or political situation
- Disparate - disparate things belong to very different groups or classes
- Refugee - someone who leaves their country, especially during a war or other threatening event
- Migrate - to go to another place or country in order to find work
- Curiously - in an unusual and interesting way
- Concede - to admit that something is true
- Insistence - a very firm statement that something must happen or that something is true
- Substantial - large in amount or degree
- Concession - something you give or allow to someone in order to reach an agreement
- Rescue - to save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation
- Ally - a country that makes an agreement with another country that they will work together to help each other, especially in a war
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Conservative - someone who is not willing to accept much change, especially in the traditional values of society
- Humanitarian - relating to efforts to help people who are living in very bad conditions and are suffering because of a war, flood, earthquake etc
- Stance - an attitude or view about an issue that you state clearly
- Dig in one's heels - to refuse to give up or modify one's opinion, policy, attitude, etc., esp. when faced with opposition
- Phasing out - to gradually stop using something
- Discord - disagreement between people
- Fluid - smooth and continuous
- Scenario - a situation that could possibly happen
- Ruled out - to stop considering something as a possibility
- Cohabiting - join together
- Drubbing - a defeat in which someone loses very easily
- Reluctant - not willing to do something
- Insist - to say very firmly that something must happen or must be done
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Unprecedented - never having happened or existed before
- Mainstream - considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used by most people
- Last-ditch attempt - a last-ditch attempt, effort etc is a final try at achieving something difficult, when other attempts have already failed
- Efficacy - effectiveness in producing the result that you intended
- Avert - to prevent something bad or harmful from happening
- Instability - a situation that keeps changing, so that you are worried about what might happen
- Populist - representing the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Eurosceptic - someone, especially a politician, who thinks that their country should not be part of the European Union
- Foregone conclusion - a result that you can be certain about before it happens
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