THE HINDU EDITORIAL VOCABULARY – APRIL 11th,12TH 2017

Hai Friends Iam Neeharika J .Here Iam Sharing English Vocabulary From Editorial Section Of The Hindu Dated 11th,12th April 2017.Happy Reading........

1.      damning (adjective)          – incriminating, condemnatory, damaging.

2.      indictment (noun)                         – charge, accusation, citation.

3.      debar (noun)                      – exclude, ban, disqualify.

4.      indulge in (verb)                – involve (in an undesirable action).

5.      indict (verb)                      – charge with, accuse of, arraign for.

6.      incur (verb)                        – suffer, sustain, experience/expose oneself to.

7.      render (verb)                     – show, display; give/provide.

8.      personnel (noun)               – employees, staff, workforce.

9.      provision (noun)                – term, clause, requirement.

10.  postpone (verb)                 – delay, defer, reschedule.

11.  anguish (adjective)            – pain, unhappiness, suffering.

12.  sordid (adjective)              – cheap, dishonest/shameful, corrupt.

13.  tenor (noun)                      – the general meaning, content, character of something.

14.  desperate (adjective)         – in great need of, urgently requiring, craving/wanting.

15.  stake (noun)                      – bet/wager/gamble; risk.

16.  legitimacy (noun)              – validity, justification, reasonableness.

17.  unprecedented (adjective) – not done or experienced before.

18.  deterrence (noun)               – the act of deterring/stopping someone from doing something.

19.  inducement (noun)             – incentive, temptation, inciteme

20.  allurement (noun)               – attraction, persuasion, enticement.

21.  vitiate (verb)                       – spoil, impair, destroy.

22.  irredeemably (adverb)        – irreparably; in a way that something not able to be

    corrected/improved.

23.  swiftly (adverb)                – quickly, rapidly, fast.

THE HINDU EDITORIAL VOCABULARY – APRIL 12^TH 2017

1.       ill-considered (adjective) – unconsidered, ill-advised, ill-judged/unwise.

2.      escalate (adverb) – increase, intensify, make something more serious.

3.      bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or countries.

4.      sentence (verb) – punish/convict, pass judgement on.

5.      fraught with (adjective) – full of,  filled with, charged with/loaded with.

6.      trial (noun) – tribunal, court case/lawsuit, enquiry.

7.      take someone/something by surprise (phrase) – surprise, shock, stun.

8.      glaring (adjective) – obvious, blatant, flagrant.

9.      confession (noun) – admission, acknowledgement, revelation.

10.   splice (verb) – interweave, intertwine, join/connect/insert.

11.    transcript (noun) – written version/copy, reproduction, record/text.

12.   contradict (verb) – deny, rebut, say the opposite of.

13.   tutor (verb) – instruct, guide, teach.

14.   corroborative (adjective) – confirming, verifying, endorsing/validating.

15.   back (verb) – supplement, support, help.

16.   consular (adjective) – relating to the consul or consulate in a foreign city.

17.   in a poor light (phrase) – in order to give a bad/poor impression.

18.   retrial (noun) – a second or further trial.

19.   recourse to (verb) – resort to, make use of, utilize.

20.  backburner (noun) – delayed consideration of an action.

21.   pursue (verb) – investigate, analysis, examine.

22.  dispel (verb) – banish, eliminate, dismiss.

23.  sober (adjective) – serious, sensible, solemn, thoughtful/pragmatic.

24.  stand fast (adjective) – firm, faithful, loyal, devoted.

25.  in the balance (phrase) – uncertain, unknown, in a critical state.

26.  three-pronged (adjective) – Having three pointed parts.

27.  flawed (adjective) – defective, wrong, incorrect.

28.  interlocutor (noun) -a person who takes part in a dialogue or conversation.

29.  backchannel (noun) – secondary & secret route for the communication.