The Hindu Editorial Vocab

1. Ad hocism (noun) – actions/measures to deal with specific & urgent issues/situations only.
2. Recurrent (adjective) – repeated, recurring,  regular, frequent.
3. Ceasefire (noun) – truce; a temporary stopage of a war.
4. Infiltration (noun) – an act of moving/entering secretively into a place.
5. Daring (adjective) – bold, audacious, unafraid, fearless.
6. Intruder (noun) – trespasser, infiltrator, encroacher, violator.
7. Terrain (noun) – land, ground, territory; topography.
8. Humanitarian (adjective) – compassionate, humane; charitable, philanthropic, public-spirited, socially concerned.
9. Confront (verb) – face, deal with, tackle, manage, handle.
10. Panoply (noun) – array, range, collection.
11. ad hoc (adjective) – a solution/plan designed for a specific problem or task after something happened;
12. Stricture (noun) – constraint, restriction, limitation, control, restraint.
13. Stipulate (verb) – specify, lay down, state clearly; demand, insist on.
14. Military bunker (noun) – reinforced underground shelter.
15. Defiance (noun) – resistance, opposition, confrontation; non-compliance, disobedience, dissent, subversion.
16. Rife with (adjective) – full of, abundant in, overflowing.
17. Scores of (noun) – a large number of, a lot of , a host of.
18. Laid down (Past tense of lay down) (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate; prescribe.
19. Call upon (phrasal verb) – appeal to, ask, request, urge.
20. Havoc (noun) – devastation, destruction, damage, catastrophe.
21. Dune (noun) – (of sand) bank, mound, hillock, accumulation, heap.
22. Racket (noun) – criminal activity, illegal scheme/enterprise.
23. Personnel (noun) – staff, employees, workforce.
24. Hardship (noun) – distress, suffering, affliction, trouble, pain.
25. Goodwill (noun) – benevolence, compassion, kind-heartedness, goodness.
26. Despondent (adjective) – disheartened, discouraged, dispirited, hopeless.
27. Anguish (noun) – agony, pain, torment, suffering, distress.
28. Persist (verb) – continue, carry on, keep on, remain.
29. Mete out (verb) – dispense, distribute,  allocate, bestow, assign.
30. On a par with (phrase) – as good as, comparable with, equivalent to, on a level with.
31. Break out (verb) – (of war) flare up, start suddenly, erupt, burst out.
32. Sheer (adjective) – utter, total, complete, thorough, absolute.
33. Prohibitive (adjective) – repressive, oppressive, severe, tough; excessive, outrageous.
34. Stagnation (noun) – lack of growth, lack of development.
35. Delusional (adjective) – mistaken, faulty judgement.