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The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 15th April 2020

narrowing (adjective) – reducing, decreasing, lessening, restricting, limiting, contracting.window (noun) – opportunity, chance, opening.lockdown (noun) – an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 14th April 2020

sack (verb) – remove, dismiss, discharge, lay off (from the office/job).subterfuge (noun) – deception, trickery, tactic, cunning/cheating (action), intrigue.ordinance (noun) – order, rule, act.legality (noun) – lawfulness, legitimacy, validity, rightness.culmination (noun) – finale/end, conclusion, termination.glaring (adjective)...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 13th April 2020

in tatters (phrase) – shattered, destroyed; ruined, in disarray.slump (noun) – recession, economic decline, depression, slowdown.slump (verb) – decline, worsen, decrease.as much as (phrase) – almost, nearly the same as.uncertainty is...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 11th April 2020

livelihood (noun) – means of making a living with the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing); means of support, subsistence, source of income.lockdown (noun) –...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 10th April 2020

in time of need (phrase) – at a time when help is really needed (for someone).bow (verb) – give in, yield, submit, surrender, succumb, capitulate.unlikely (adjective) – not likely, improbable,...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 9th April 2020

take over (phrasal verb) – assume control of, take charge of, take command of; acquire, gain, appropriate.judiciously (adverb) – wisely, sensibly, prudently, thoughtfully, well-advisedly.suspension (noun) – (temporary) removal, elimination,...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 8th April 2020

lockdown (noun) – an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from a place; An extended state of confinement/encirclement/isolation of a person by...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 7th April 2020

mind the gap (phrase) – warning/instruction given (particularly to alert commuter to be aware of the space between the metro train and the platform).millennia (noun) – plural...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 6th April 2020

row (noun) – quarrel, squabble, fight, dispute.pose (verb) – raise, ask, put (a question/matter for consideration).pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the...

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 04th April 2020

ceremony (noun) – show, display, spectacle, pomp.symbolism (noun) – representation of ideas/qualities with symbols.sustainable (adjective) – reasonable, sensible, well founded; reliable, dependable.full of sound and fury signifying nothing (phrase) – The famous quote about...

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