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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 1st August 2018. Happy reading :)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Numbing numbers: on draft NRC"
- Numbing - so boring that you stop paying attention
- Draft - something such as a plan, letter, or drawing that may have changes made to it before it is finished
- Humane - showing kindness, care, and sympathy towards others, especially those who are suffering
- Exclude - to prevent someone or something from taking part in an activity or entering a place
- Spark - to make something happen, especially something involving violence or angry feelings
- Anxiety - a worried feeling you have because you think something bad might happen
- Mandate - an official order to do something
- Monitor - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Turbulence - a confusing or uncontrolled situation
- Despite - used for saying that something happens even though something else might have prevented it
- Lingering - lasting for a long time, especially when this is unpleasant or not necessary
- Indeed - used for adding a statement that supports and increases the effect of what you have just said
- Foolproof - a foolproof method, plan, or system is so well designed that it cannot go wrong or is certain to succeed
- Warrant - to make an action seem reasonable or necessary
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Aplenty - more than enough
- Frenetic - done very fast and with a lot of energy, often by someone who is in a hurry
- Unrelenting - used for describing someone who continues to do something with a lot of determination
- Apex - the top or most important
- Omission - someone or something that has not been included, either deliberately or because someone forgot
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Gargantuan - extremely big
- Bureaucracy - a complicated and annoying system of rules and processes
- Adher to - to obey a rule, law, agreement etc
- Devise - to invent a method of doing something
- Digitise - to change pictures or other information into electronic signals
- Mapping - the activity or process of creating a picture or diagram that represents something
- Bias - an attitude that you have that makes you treat someone in a way that is unfair or different from the way you treat other people
- Inherent - an inherent quality is a basic or essential feature that gives something its character
- Flaw - a mistake or fault in something that makes it useless or less effective
- Owe something to someone/something - to have something only because someone or something has helped you
- Staggering - extremely surprising
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Exhausted - extremely tired and without enough energy to do anything else
- Procedural - relating to a procedure, especially a legal one
- Entirety - the whole of something
- Eventuality - something that might happen, especially something bad that people might have to deal with
- Assurance - a feeling or attitude of confidence
- Panic - a sudden strong feeling of fear or worry that makes you unable to think clearly or calmly
- Modality - the way in which something exists, is experienced or is done
- Contestation - the act of arguing or disagreeing about something
- Haul up - to force someone to go somewhere
- Alien - someone who is not a citizen of the country / state they are living in
- Determine - to control what something will be
- Precise - exact and accurate
- Deem - to consider that someone or something has a particular quality
- Immigrant - someone who comes to live in a country from another country
- Grapple with - to fight with someone
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Eventually - at the end of a process or period of time in which many things happen
- Left off - to stop doing something
- Ascertain - to find out something
- Detain - to keep someone in a police station or prison and not allow them to leave
- Deport - to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there
- Render - to make someone or something be or become something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Towards war’s end: on Syria peace talks"
- Regime - a government that controls a country, especially in a strict or unfair way
- Rebel - someone who tries to remove a government or leader using force
- Portend - to be a sign or warning of something that will happen
- Ray of hope - a very small sign that something might improve or succeed
- Wing - a part of an organization or political party that has its own responsibilities and opinions that are separate from the rest of the group
- Democratic - involving elections in which people vote for their political representatives
- Decentralise - to take power from a central government or organization and give it to several smaller and more local ones
- Outbreak - the sudden start of war, disease, violence etc
- Delegation - a group of people who represent a country, government, or organization
- Refrain from - to stop yourself from doing something. This word is often used in official announcements or signs
- Troops - soldiers, especially in large numbers
- Civil war - a war fought between different groups of people within the same country
- Defend - to protect someone or something from attack
- Coastal - in the sea near to land
- Stronghold - a place where people fighting an enemy can defend or organize themselves
- Consolidate - to make the power, position, or achievements you already have stronger or more effective so that they are likely to continue
- Autonomous - an autonomous state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Resist - to oppose or fight against someone or something
- Chunk - a large amount or part of something
- Rebellion - an attempt to remove a government or leader by force
- Apparently - based only on what you have heard, not on what you are certain is true
- Backer - someone who gives help or money to a plan or organization
- Mediate - to try to end a disagreement between two people or groups
- Militia - a group of ordinary people who are trained as soldiers to fight in an emergency
- Offensive - a planned military attack
- Autonomy - a situation in which a state, region, or organization is independent and has the power to govern itself
- Feasible - possible or likely to succeed
- Deploy - if a government or army deploys soldiers or weapons, it uses them
- Province - one of many areas into which some countries are divided
- Best-case scenario - the best or useful thing that could happen in a situation
- Likewise - in the same way
- Diplomatic - relating to the profession or skill of preserving or creating friendly relationships between countries
- More or less - almost
- Stabilise - to reach a state where there are no longer any major changes or problems
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