Hindu Editorial Vocab Feb 2024 PDF

Hindu Editorial Vocab Feb 2024 PDF
www.practicemock.com 1 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

Hindu Editorial Vocabulary– Feb 29, 2024
Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Confirmation A statement, often written, that an arrangement or meeting is certain
Positioned To put something or someone in a particular place
To try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something,
Discourages
or to have the effect of making something less likely
A statement saying that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or
Accusations
unkind, or the fact of accusing someone
To persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them
Lured
something exciting
To examine a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover
Investigate
the truth
Unscrupulous Behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want
Availed Use, purpose, advantage, or profit
Thwarting To stop something from happening or someone from doing something
Denied To say that something is not true
Arduous Difficult, needing a lot of effort and energy
Distress A feeling of extreme worry, sadness, or pain
Entrenched Established firmly so that it cannot be changed
The system of rules and acceptable behaviour used at official ceremonies and
Protocols
occasions
Read the complete editorial along with difficult words & their contextual meanings of the
Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 28, 2024
Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 28, 2024
Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
To show or introduce something new or make it known publicly for the first
Unveiled
time
Significant Important or noticeable
A count for official purposes, esp. one to count the number of people living in a
Census
country and to obtain information such as age, sex, race, etc
Consumption The act of using, eating, or drinking something
Euphemism A word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word
Abandoned Left behind, or left without care and protection
Deleterious Harmful
Demonetisation To officially stop using particular notes or coins, or a particular currency
Subsequent Happening after something else
Interpreted To decide what the intended meaning of something is
Narrowing Limited to a small area of interest, activity, or thought
Compounded Something consisting of two or more different parts:
Myriad Very large in number, or having great variety
Inflation A general, continuous increase in prices
Elevated High or important
Recalibration A change in the way you do or think about something
To collect information from a variety of places and arrange it in a book, report,
Compiled
or list

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Used to say that someone is strong, brave, determined, and difficult to defeat
Indomitable
or frighten
Bragging To speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own
Spoken or physical behaviour that is threatening or involves harm to
Aggression
someone or something
Frenetic Involving a lot of excited movement or activity
Ominous Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen
Superiority The fact that one person or thing is better, stronger, etc. than another
Helmed To direct or control something
Inexperienced Having little knowledge or experience
Used to describe something unpleasant or bad that someone has said might
Threatened
happen
Lexicon (a list of) all the words used in a particular language or subject, or a dictionary
Dynamics Forces that produce movement
Temptation The wish to do or have something that you know you should not do or have
Abrasive Rude and unfriendly
Essential Necessary or needed
Unbeaten Not defeated
Without anyone or anything making it difficult for you to do something or for
Unhindered
something to happen

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Definition A description of the features and limits of something
Impressive Causing someone to feel admiration or respect
Emerging Growing and developing
Reputation The general opinion that people have about someone or something
Spectacular Especially great
Relating to the time when someone or something is starting to develop in
Formative
character
An occasion when a group of people arrive somewhere, usually suddenly or
Descent
unexpectedly
Navigation The act or science of finding a way from one place to another
Confirmation A statement, often written, that an arrangement or meeting is certain
Antennae The natural ability to notice things and understand their importance
Potential Possible when the necessary conditions exist
Critical Giving or relating to opinions or judgments on books, plays, films, etc
(of a company, economy, fund, etc.) investing money in many different
Diversified
industries, activities, countries, etc
The act of working together with other people or organizations to create or
Collaboration
achieve something
Read the complete editorial along with difficult words & their contextual meanings of the Hindu Editorial
Vocabulary- Feb 26, 2024

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Frontier A border between two countries
Exploration The activity of searching and finding out about something
Notion A belief or idea
Endeavours To try to do something
Augment To increase the size or value of something by adding something to it
Innovating To introduce changes and new ideas
Corresponding Similar to, connected with, or caused by something else
Spurring To encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster
Ambitions A strong wish to achieve something
Vitiated To destroy or damage something
To limit the amount of something that can be done or the ability or power of
Hamstrung
someone to do something
Adapting To change, or to change something, to suit different conditions or uses
Effecting The result of a particular influence
Of or relating to a person or organization whose job is to control an activity or
Regulatory
process or to the regulations themselves

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Archaic Of or belonging to an ancient period in history
Relating to a patriarchy, or to the idea that men are more important than
Patriarchal
women
Not allowed by the constitution (= set of rules for government) of a country or
Unconstitutional
organization
Coarse Rude and offensive
To make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or
Undermines
to make something weaker, often gradually
Dignity Calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you
Money that is paid to someone in exchange for something that has been lost
Compensation
or damaged or for some problem
Appealed A request to the public for money, information, or help
Dismissal A decision that someone or something is not important
Parity Equality, esp. of pay or position
Anything that prevents people from being together or understanding each
Barriers
other
Disproportionate Too great or too small when compared to something else
Abide To live or stay somewhere
Disentitlement To deprive of title, claim, or right
Something or someone that makes it possible for a particular thing to happen
Enabler
or be done

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Fathom To understand someone or why someone acts as they do
To understand and remember new information and make it part of your basic
Assimilate
knowledge so that you can use it as your own
Optimum Best; most likely to bring success or advantage
Encourage To talk or behave in a way that gives someone confidence to do something
Fleshed To add more details or information to something
Transmitted To pass a disease from one person or animal to another
Persistent Lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of
Sobering Making you feel serious or think about serious matters
Prevalence The fact of something existing or happening often
Screening A test or examination to discover if there is anything wrong with someone
To recognize and name the exact character of a disease or other problem by
Diagnosed
making an examination
Abnormal Different from what is usual or average, especially in a way that is bad
Prevent To stop something from happening or someone from doing something
The authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to
Mandate
perform an action or govern a country
Abnormalities Something abnormal, usually in the body
Assembly The process of putting together the parts of a machine or structure

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
The use of symbols to represent ideas, or the meaning of something as a
Symbolism
symbol
Invalidated To prove that an opinion, argument, etc. is wrong
Fundamental Forming the base, from which everything else develops
The right of an organization, country, or region to be independent and
Autonomy
govern itself
Crucial Extremely important or necessary
Conclave A private meeting at which the discussions are kept secret
Converting To (cause something or someone to) change in form or character
Raft A large amount or number of something
Repurposed To find a new use for an idea, product, or building
Offensive Used for attacking
Shrouded To hide something by covering or surrounding it
Transparency The characteristic of being easy to see through
Resolution An official decision that is made after a group or organization has voted
Simultaneously Happening or being done at exactly the same time
Constantly All the time or often
Combat A fight between two people or things

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Demarcate To show the limits of something:
Abstract Existing as an idea, feeling, or quality, not as a material object
Food, or the energy and other things food provides people and animals to
Sustenance
keep them strong and healthy
Emerged To come to the end of a difficult period or experience
Negating To cause something to have no effect
Insurgent Someone who is fighting against the government in their own country
Convincing Able to make you believe that something is true or right
Neutralise To stop something or someone from having an effect
The process of making people obey a law or rule, or making a particular
Enforcement
situation happen or be accepted
Vociferously (of the way someone complains, protests, etc.) loudly and repeatedly
A thought, opinion, or idea based on a feeling about a situation, or a way of
Sentiments
thinking about something
Humanitarian Involved in or connected with improving people’s lives and reducing suffering
Majoritarian Governed by or believing in decision by a majority
Bogey Something that causes fear among a lot of people, often without reason
The process of animals traveling to a different place, usually when the season
Migration
changes
Commerce The activities involved in buying and selling things
Humongous Extremely large
Priorities Something that is very important and must be dealt with before other things
The act of thinking again about a decision or opinion and deciding if you want
Reconsideration
to change it
Read the complete editorial along with difficult words & their contextual meanings of the Hindu
Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 19, 2024

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Undermine
Facilitate To make something possible or easier
A person or group who receives money, advantages, etc. as a result of
Beneficiaries
something else
Manifestly Very obviously
Amendment A change to a law that is not yet in operation and is still being discussed
A decision or opinion about someone or something that you form after
Judgment
thinking carefully
An opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially
Verdicts
one made at the end of a trial
The act of stopping someone from taking part in a competition or activity,
Disqualification usually because a rule has been broken, or the state of having this happen to
you
The fact of officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime, or the act of
Conviction
officially finding someone guilty
A written statement that someone makes after promising officially to tell the
Affidavits
truth. An affidavit can be used as proof in a law court.
Expedited To make something happen more quickly
Justification A good reason or explanation for something
To make a book, play, or piece of writing shorter by removing details and
Abridge
information that is not important
Unidentified (of a person or image of a person) whose name is not known
Deployment The use of something or someone in an effective way
Temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent
Interim
exists

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Suggested as being good or suitable for a particular job or purpose, or
Recommended
suggested as an action that should be done
To ask for something forcefully, in a way that shows that you do not expect to
Demand
be refused
A sum of money paid regularly to a person who has retired (= stopped working
Pension
because of having reached a certain age)
Someone who had a job or a position before someone else, or something that
Predecessor
comes before another thing in time or in a series
Approximately Close to a particular number or time although not exactly that number or time
Component A part that combines with other parts to form something bigger
Budgetary Related to the amount of money that is available to spend
Proportionate In correct relation to
Accumulations To gradually increase in number or amount
Payments from a company or employee to pay for an employee's benefits
Contributions
such as medical insurance or a pension
The act of deciding how much money something might be sold for or the
Valuation
amount of money decided on
To completely destroy a building, especially in order to use the land for
Demolished
something else
Equating To consider as the same, or to connect in your mind
Judgment The ability to form valuable opinions and make good decisions
Expansive Covering a large area
Estimate To guess or calculate the cost, size, value, etc. of something

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
A level of quality that can be used as a standard when comparing other
Benchmark
things
Durable Able to last and be used for a long time without becoming damaged
Moderating Becoming less, or causing something to become less
Monitored A person who has the job of watching or noticing particular things
Underlying Real but not immediately obvious
Nudging To move slowly and almost reach a higher point or level
Prospect The possibility that something good might happen in the future
Significantly In a way that is easy to see or by a large amount
Disquiet Worry
Particularly Especially, or more than usual
Consumption The amount used or eaten
Stability A situation in which something is not likely to move or change
The effects of an activity that have spread further than was originally
Spillover
intended
Threatening Expressing a threat of something unpleasant or violent
To become greater, more serious, or more extreme, or to make something
Intensify
do this
Macroeconomic Of or connected with financial systems at a national level

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
The group of people in a country or part of a country who have the power to
Legislature
make and change laws
Overshadowing To cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy
A particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that
Instance
happens generally
Inability Lack of ability to do something
Misleading Causing someone to believe something that is not true
Compounding Something consisting of two or more different parts
Mischief Damage or harm, or an act that causes damage or harm
Trumpet To make people aware of something important
Exaggerated Seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is
Customary Usual
To make something seem less valuable or less deserving of admiration than
Detract
it really is
The fact that someone is likely to behave in a particular way, especially a bad
Propensity
way
Eminences The state of being famous, respected, or important
Gubernatorial Relating to a governor
Adversaries An enemy

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Mounted To organize and begin an activity or event
Interventions The act or fact of becoming involved intentionally in a difficult situation
Unprecedented Never having happened or existed in the past
Suspension The act of stopping something happening, operating, etc. for some time
Privilege An opportunity to do something special or enjoyable
Resolution An official decision that is made after a group or organization has voted
Communal Belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one single person
Agenda A list of matters to be discussed at a meeting
Destruction The act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed
A division of a city or town, esp. an area protected by one police station, or a
Precincts
division used for elections
In a way that seems impossible or difficult to understand because of
Paradoxically
containing two opposite facts or characteristics
Witnessed To see something happen, especially an accident or crime
Conventionally In a way that is traditional and ordinary

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Progressive Developing or happening gradually
The quality or fact of being the same, or of not changing or being different in
Uniformity
any way
Allowances An amount of something that you are allowed
An occasion when people suddenly involve themselves in another person's
Incursion
private situation
Affecting someone in a way that annoys them and makes them feel
Intrusive
uncomfortable
Legitimacy The quality of being reasonable and acceptable
Mandating To give official permission for something to happen
Desertion The act of leaving someone behind in a difficult situation
The set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed,
Constitution
especially in relation to the rights of the people it governs
Adoption Accepting or starting to use something new
Promote To encourage people to like, buy, use, do, or support something
Voluntary Done, made, or given willingly, without being forced or paid to do it
Reformed Changed and improved because of no longer doing something harmful
Regressive Returning to a previous and less advanced or worse state or way of behaving
Prohibited To officially refuse to allow something
A result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or not
Consequence
convenient

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Accompanied To go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something
Reprising To repeat a song, performance, or set of actions
Haunting Beautiful, but in a sad way and often in a way that cannot be forgotten
To publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing
Advocated
something
A person who is from, or whose parents and grandparents are from, a
Hispanic
Spanish-speaking country, especially one in Latin America
Surpassing Extremely great
Belated Coming later than expected
Fusion An occasion when two or more things join or are combined
Acclaim To give public approval and praise
Musical instruments that you play by hitting them with your hand or an object
Percussionist
such as a stick
The action of entertaining other people by dancing, singing, acting, or playing
Performance
music
Collaborations To work with someone else for a special purpose
Accolades Praise and approval
Recognition Agreement that something is true or legal

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Outcomes A result or effect of an action, situation, etc
To try to do or continue doing something in a determined but often
Persist
unreasonable way
A way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly stated
Stance
opinion
Not saying or doing anything that would encourage or help any of the groups
Neutral
involved in an argument or war
Instructive Giving useful or interesting information
Projection A calculation or guess about the future based on information that you have
Inflation A general, continuous increase in prices
Consideration The act of thinking about something carefully
Constraints Something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits
To get or receive something from someone with the intention of giving it back
Borrowings
after a period of time
To behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and
Asserted
earns you respect from others
Investment in a company or in government debt that can be traded on the
Securities
financial markets and produces an income for the investor
Elevated High or important
A systemic problem or change is a basic one, experienced by the whole of an
Systemic
organization or a country and not just particular parts of it
Improved Better than before

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
To talk together and exchange ideas, often with the intention of reaching a
Conferred
decision about something
Recipients A person who receives something
Stimulant Something that makes or causes something else to grow or develop
Consciousness The state of understanding and realizing something
Reinforce To make something stronger
Reminisced To talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure
A theory or set of beliefs, esp. one on which a political system, party, or
Ideology
organization is based
The process of taking an argument between people or groups to a court of
Litigation
law
Sovereignty The power of a country to control its own government
Unanimously In a way that is agreed or supported by everyone in a group
Inaugurated To put someone into an official position with a ceremony
Euphemism A word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word
Scattered Covering a wide area
If something reinforces an idea or opinion, it provides more proof or support
Reinforced
for it and makes it seem true
Alliance An agreement to work with someone else to try to achieve the same thing
Consolidation The process of becoming or being made stronger and more certain
A person or organization that speaks, acts, or is present officially for someone
Representation
else

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent
Interim
exists
Reiterated To say something again, once or several times
Consumption The amount used
Subsidised Paid for partly by the government or another organization
Affiliated Connected with or controlled by a group or organization
Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he,
Reliable
she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect
Mechanism A way of doing something that is planned or part of a system
Implemented To start using a plan or system
Important, large, or great, esp. in leading to a different result or to an important
Significant
change
Promotion The act of encouraging something to happen or develop
Used to describe organizations or their activities which are not controlled from
Decentralised
one central place, but happen in many different places
To cause a person or group to suddenly take action, esp. by shocking or
Galvanise
exciting them in some way
Willing to give someone what they want or need, or to change in order to suit
Accommodative
them
To make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone
Impeded
to do something
Initiatives A new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem
Read the complete editorial along with difficult words & their contextual meanings of the Hindu Editorial
Vocabulary- Feb 5, 2024

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Self-congratulatory Praising yourself or saying how well you have done something
Replete Well supplied
Surmounted To deal successfully with a difficulty or problem
Skill in starting new businesses, especially when this involves seeing new
Entrepreneurship
opportunities
Imbuing To fill something or someone with a quality or feeling
Eschewed To avoid something intentionally, or to give something up
Comprehensive Complete and including everything that is necessary
Resounding Very great; complete
Pegging An arrangement that fixes a price, currency, etc. at a particular level
Pruning The activity of reducing the number or amount of something
Nominal In name or thought but not in fact or not as things really are
Notwithstanding Despite the fact or thing mentioned
Consolidation The process of becoming or being made stronger and more certain
Emphasised To show that something is very important or worth giving attention to
Glossed To provide an explanation for a word or phrase
Prudence Behaviour that is careful and avoids risks
Undermining
The quality that keeps an event developing or making progress after it has
Momentum
started

Difficult Word/
Contextual Sense
Phrase
Geriatric For or relating to old people
Ambitious Having a strong wish to be successful, powerful, or rich
An occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact
Victories
that you have won
Triumph To have a very great success or victory
Conjured To make something appear by magic, or as if by magic
Impossible to refuse, oppose, or avoid because it is too pleasant, attractive, or
Irresistible
strong
A strong, elastic type of tissue found in humans in the joints and other places
Cartilage
such as the nose, throat, and ears
Spruce (of a person) tidy and clean in appearance
Recalibrated To change the way you do or think about something
Affirmation A statement or sign that something is true
The quality of always behaving or performing in a similar way, or of always
Consistency
happening in a similar way
Contrast An obvious difference between two or more things
The opinion that people in general have about someone or something, or how
Reputation much respect or admiration someone or something receives, based on past
behaviour or character
Burnished Having had improvements made to it
The abilities and experience that make someone suitable for a particular job or
Credentials
activity, or proof of someone's abilities and experience

Hindu Editorial Vocab Feb 2024 PDF - Compressed

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

Hindu Editorial Vocab Feb 2024 PDF - Compressed

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

www.practicemock.com 1 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

Hindu Editorial Vocabulary– Feb 29, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 2 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 28, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 3 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 27, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 4 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 26, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 5 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 23, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 6 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 22, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 7 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 21, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 8 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 20, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 9 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 19, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 10 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 16, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 11 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 15, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 12 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 14, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 13 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 13, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 14 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 12, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 15 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 9, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 16 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 8, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 17 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 7, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 18 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 6, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 19 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 5, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 20 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 2, 2024

Take a Free Mock Test Now to Know Your AIR!

www.practicemock.com 21 info@practicemock.com 011-49032737

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Feb 1, 2024