Friends..Let's learn some new English words
and improve our vocabulary. The Best and easy for that is reading the editorial
from The Hindu newspaper. You can't finish reading a Hindu Editorial article
without referring a Dictionary. That shows the number of words used by their
editorial team in the articles, which are not so commonly used. If you ask any
regular reader of The Hindu, they will surely say they are the Big Fans of the
Editorials. It improves our vocabulary as well as brings all the Current Affairs
topics to our forefront.
As you know, The Hindu always has two
editorials in a day. So let's have a look at the Editorials of 14 November
2015.
(A)
BJP’s larger stock-taking (Please read the article first and
then come back to us. We are only covering the English Words)
First Editorial for the day is about the
defeat of BJP in Bihar Assembly Polls. Let's have a look at the words used in
this editorial which are not so commonly used.
1. The attack on the Bharatiya Janata
Party’s current leadership by its most senior veterans continues to force a
quiet churn, and where it will end
is not yet clear.
(a) churn - to move something, especially a
liquid, with great force.
Other examples: The sea was churned up by heavy
winds.
2. Reason for the party’s defeat in Bihar
was the manner in which it had been “emasculated
in the last year”.
(a) emasculated - to reduce the
effectiveness of something.
Other examples: They were accused of trying
to emasculate the report's recommendations.
3. In the days after, sundry party members have joined issue with one of the two groups.
(a) sundry - several different; various.
Other examples: Sundry distant relatives,
most of whom I hardly recognized, turned up for my brother's wedding.
4. But it would be deflecting from the
difficult questions posed by the Bihar verdict
if the repercussions were to be seen
as simply an organisational tussle between
the incumbents and the marginalised
in the party’s power structure.
(a) verdict - an opinion or decision made
after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial.
(b) repercussions - the effect that an action,
event, or decision has on something, especially a bad effect.
Other examples: Any decrease in tourism could
have serious repercussions for the local economy.
(c) tussle - to have difficult disagreements
or strong arguments.
(d) incumbents - officially having the named
position.
Other examples: The incumbent president faces
problems which began many years before he took office.
5. A
defeat as spectacular as this, because of the BJP’s slide in Bihar’s electoral stakes since the Lok Sabha elections of
2014 and the aura of invincibility
around Mr. Modi, was bound to have organisational reverberations.
(a) stakes - a share or a financial involvement in
something such as a business.
(b) aura - a feeling or character that a person
or place seems to have.
(c)
invincible - Incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable.
(d) reverberations - effects that spread
and affect a lot of people.
Other examples: This move is likely to have
reverberations throughout the health service.
6. However, in Bihar the BJP ran a sectarian campaign that included, on
occasion, polarising statements by the Prime Minister and the BJP president.
(a)
sectarian - strongly supporting a particular religious group and not willing
to accept other beliefs.
7. In the event, warnings about a possible
BJP defeat being celebrated in Pakistan, with all its Muslim-targeting innuendo, and reservations being
protected from encroachment by a particular community, went rebuffed.
(a) innuendo - a remark or remarks that suggest
something sexual or something unpleasant but do not refer to it directly.
(b) rebuffed - to refuse to accept a helpful
suggestion or offer from someone, often by answering in an unfriendly way.
Other examples: She rebuffed all suggestions
that she should resign.
8. When he goes out to campaign for his
party, he does not cease even for a
moment to be Prime Minister.
(a) does not cease - doen not put an end
to; discontinue
9. When he deploys party rhetoric, he does not speak only to
potential voters, but to all Indians.
(a) rhetoric - speech or writing intended
to be effective and influence people.
Other examples: How far the president will
be able to translate his campaign rhetoric into action remains to be seen.
