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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 22nd September 2018. Happy reading :)
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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Diversity in unity: on the Ajit Jogi-Mayawati alliance"
- Diversity - the fact that very different people or things exist within a group or place
- Unity - a situation in which people, groups, or countries join together or agree about something
- Alliance - an arrangement between two or more people, groups, or countries by which they agree to work together to achieve something
- Allying with - if you ally yourself with someone, you work together to help each other
- Take someone for granted - to expect someone to always be there and do things for you even when you do not show that you are grateful
- Entertain - to consider an idea or feeling and allow it to develop in your mind
- Rely - to trust someone or something to do something for you
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Draw near - not long before a particular time or event
- By-election - an election in one particular area to choose a new representative in parliament or on a council, or to replace someone who has died or left the job
- Be touted as something - to praise someone or something because you want other people to think they are good or important
- Precursor - something that exists before something else, and is related to it or influences its development
- Run-up - a run that someone makes before jumping, throwing a ball etc
- Former - used for describing someone or something that had a particular job, title, status etc in the past, but not now
- Successive - coming or happening one after another in a series
- Play second fiddle to someone - to be less important or less powerful than someone else
- Fare worse - used for saying how badly someone does something
- Cede - to allow someone to take something such as power or land away from you
- Conceivable - possible, or possible to imagine
- Bridge the gap - to reduce the differences that separate two things or groups
- Leverage - the power to make someone do what you want
- Polarise - to form two very different groups, opinions, or situations that are completely opposite to each other, or to cause this to happen
- Chunk of - a large amount or part of something
- Incumbency - an official position
- On account of - because of someone or something
- Opposition - strong disagreement with a plan or policy, especially when this is shown in active attempts to prevent something
- Put together - to produce or organize something using many different things
- Come together - if people or groups come together, they meet or join in order to do something
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Overnight flip-flop: on the cancelled Swaraj-Qureshi meeting"
- Overnight - in a very short time
- Flip-flop - an instance of someone changing their opinion completely in a way that annoys other people
- Call off - to decide that something will not happen
- Cite - to mention something as an example, explanation, or proof of something else
- Glorify - to make someone or something seem more impressive than they really are
- Spokesperson - someone whose job is to officially represent an organization, for example in dealing with journalists
- Agenda - a plan or aim that is kept secret
- Render - to express, show, or perform something in a particular way
- Far from - used for saying that the real situation is the opposite of what you mention
- Convincing - something that is convincing makes you believe that it is true or persuades you to do something
- To begin with - used for introducing the first thing in a list of things you are going to say
- Violent - involving the use of physical force, with the deliberate intention of causing damage to property or injury or death to people
- Predate - to exist or happen earlier than someone or something else
- Back - to give support to a person, organization, or plan
- Bewildering - a bewildering situation is confusing and difficult to understand
- Offensive - unpleasant or insulting, and likely to make people upset or embarrassed
- Prompt - to cause something to happen or be done
- Domestic - relating to the country being talked about, and not other countries
- Dampen - to make something such as a feeling or hope less strong
- Foreseeable - a foreseeable event or time is one that can easily be imagined or known about before it happens
- Perhaps - used for saying that you are not certain about something, or that something may or may not be true
- General election - an election in which every adult in the country can vote for the people who will represent them in parliament
- Retaliatory - intended to do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you
- Provocation - something that causes you to react in an angry or violent way, often something that is intended to cause such a reaction
- Warrant - a reason for doing something
- Credible - able to be believed or trusted
- Consistency - the ability to remain the same in behaviour, attitudes, or qualities
- Thus far - until now or until the present stage in a process
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