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we are started to post daily vocab form The Hindu and other editorial.
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The Hindu Editorial Vocab - 28th March 2017 Editorial Topic 1 : "Powered by a pause: delay in Indo-U.S. nuclear deal"
- 1. Owing to - because of
- 2. Procedural - relating to a procedure, especially a legal one
- 3. Ratifying - to make an agreement official by signing it or formally accepting it
- 4. Set back - to delay the progress of someone or something
- 5. Overrun - to take more time, space, or money than was intended
- 6. Precarious - in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly
- 7. Indigenous - naturally existing in a place or country rather than arriving from another place
- 8. Fossil - old fashioned ideas
- 9. Collapse - to suddenly fall down
- 10. Viable - able to work as intended or able to succeed
- 11. Dimmed - not likely to succeed
- 12. Sobering - making you feel serious or think about serious matters
- 13. Breathing space - a period of rest in order to increase strength or give you more time to think about what to do next
The Hindu Editorial Vocab - 28th March 2017 Editorial Topic 2 : "Trust the EVMs: allegations by politicians have no real basis"
- 1. Manipulation - the process of skilfully handling, controlling, or using something, often unfairly or dishonestly
- 2. Legitimacy - the fact that something is legal
- 3. Alleged - to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
- 4. Casting doubts - to make people feel less sure about or have less trust in something or someone
- 5. Compromise - to risk having a harmful effect on something
- 6. Preside - to be in charge of an official meeting, ceremony, or other event
- 7. Sceptic - someone who has doubts about things that other people think are true or right
- 8. Tamper-proof - impossible to change
- 9. Corroborating - to support what someone says by giving information or evidence that agrees with them
- 10. Tallied - to match or agree with something else
- 11. Prima facie - based on what seems to be true, before a situation has been examined in detail
- 12. Subject to - to have or experience a particular thing, especially something unpleasant
- 13. Tangible - real and not imaginary; able to be shown, touched, or experienced
- 14. Ballot - a system or occasion of secret voting
- 15. Inadvertent - not intentional
- 16. Statistical - relating to a group of numbers that represent facts or that describe a situation
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