It’s the beginning of April 2022 and we are here with all the difficult words/ phrases used in the Hindu Editorial in the month of March 2022. Go through this list and see how many words are you seeing for the first time. Make a note of those words and revise their meanings on a regular basis. For best results, try using those words in your daily conversation or writing activity. These small steps will definitely pave your way towards having a better vocabulary. It’s obvious that a better vocabulary will help you fetch more marks in the English language section. Have a look at the words/ phrases now:
| Difficult Word/ Phrase | Contextual Sense |
| Scrutiny | close or minute examination |
| Inevitable | Incapable of being avoided or prevented |
| Embody | Represent or express something abstract in tangible form |
| Coercive | using force or the threat of force |
| Self-incrimination | the giving of evidence that might tend to expose the witness to punishment for crime |
| Disseminate | to spread information etc. so that it reaches many people |
| Stringent | Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures |
| Furnish | to supply or provide somebody/something with something |
| Detainee | Some held in custody |
| Grave | Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm |
| Behest | An authoritative command or request |
| Innocuous | Lacking intent or capacity to injure |
| Perverse | Deviating from what is considered moral, right, proper or good |
| Sedition | an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government |
| Disconcerting | Causing an emotional disturbance |
| Clout | Special advantage or influence |
| Promptitude | The characteristic of doing things without delay |
| Cavalier | Marked by lack of attention, consideration, forethought or thoroughness; not careful |
| Foment | Try to stir up public opinion |
| Stem | to stop something that is increasing or spreading |
| Standoff | a stalemate or deadlock between two equally matched opponents in a dispute or conflict |
| Logjam | Any stoppage attributable to unusual activity |
| Multilateral | Having many parts or sides |
| Drop in | Visit informally and spontaneously |
| Suffice | Be sufficient |
| Standstill | A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible |
| Precept | a general rule that helps you to decide how you should behave in particular circumstances |
| Outreach | The act of reaching out |
| At odds | In disagreement |
| Demobilisation | Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops |
| Jurisprudence | The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
| Adjudicate | Bring to an end |
| Unedifying | unpleasant in a way that causes disapproval |
| Deprecate | Express strong disapproval of |
| Peruse | Examine or consider with attention and in detail |
| Revoke | Cancel officially |
| Disconcerting | Causing an emotional disturbance |
| Underscore | emphasizing the importance of something |
| Conscience | Conformity to one’s own sense of right conduct |
| Circumscribe | Restrict or confine within limits |
| Blues | A state of depression |
| Embark on | to begin (something that will take a long time or happen for a long time) |
| Efficacy | Capacity or power to produce a desired effect |
| At large | In a general fashion |
| Catapult | to move at a breakneck speed |
| Benevolence | an inclination to do good |
| Prolonged | Relatively long in duration |
| Dampen | Lessen in effect |
| Slash | Cut drastically |
| Spur | Stimulate |
| Sanctions | Official permission or approval |
| Barrage | an overwhelming quantity |
| Curb | The act of restraining power, action or limiting excess |
| Unravel | to start to fail or no longer stay together as a whole |
| Unilaterally | by means of one part or party |
| Centrifuge | An apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension |
| Leverage | Strategic advantage; power to act effectively |
| Signatory | Someone who signs and is bound by a document |
| Sensitivity | aware of and able to understand other people and their feelings |
| Scuttle | Intentionally undermine, ruin, or cause to fail |
| Malfunction | A failure to function normally |
| Probe | An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities |
| Chargé d’affaires | a subordinate diplomat who substitutes for an absent ambassador or minister |
| Loophole | an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation |
| Fixation | An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone |
| Fray | to make or become weakened |
| Hypersonic | Moving at more than five times the speed of sound |
| Echo | Repetition |
| Dogfight | An aerial engagement between fighter planes |
| Nevertheless | in spite of that |
| Polarisation | the act of dividing something, especially something that contains different people or opinions, into two completely opposing groups: |
| Fatigue | Temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work |
| Disenchantment | Disappointment on finding out that something is not as good as hoped, or that previous beliefs were false |
| Unassailable | Without flaws or loopholes |
| Rhetoric | Using language effectively to please or persuade |
| At a low ebb | in a weakened or depressed state |
| Drubbing | A sound defeat |
| Subaltern | a person holding a subordinate position |
| Citadel | A stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle |
| Protracted | Relatively long in duration |
| Concession | something that you allow or do, or allow somebody to have, in order to end an argument or to make a situation less difficult |
| Lay out | Tell or show, often with explanation and alternatives |
| Bloc | A group of countries in special alliance |
| Breakaway | Having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude |
| De-escalation | (war) a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war) |
| Encircle | Form or draw a circle around |
| Envelope | to mount an attack on |
| Shoot down | Thwart the passage of |
| Backdrop | The context and environment in which something is set |
| Take a toll | to have a serious, bad effect on someone or something |
| Stub out | To stop something |
| Spur | incite |
| Midst | the middle of something |
| Induce | Cause to arise |
| Overwhelming | urgently felt |
| Consensus | Full agreement between a number of people |
| Barring | The act of excluding someone |
| Buck the trend | to be obviously different from the way that a situation is developing generally, especially in connection with financial matters |
| Diversification | The act of introducing variety (especially in the variety of goods and services offered) |
| Bottomline | a company’s net income |
| Set off | Provoke or stir up |
| Sectarian | Of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects |
| Persecution | the act of treating somebody in a cruel and unfair way, especially because of their race, religion or political beliefs |
| Animosity | A feeling of ill will arousing active hostility |
| Drum up | Bring together people for a common purpose or generate support a particular action |
| Hardliner | A conservative who is uncompromising |
| Insurgency | An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict |
| Porous | Allowing passage in and out |
| Blasphemy | behaviour or language that is offensive or shows a lack of respect for God or religion |
| At the Forefront | in a leading position |
| Rehabilitation | The restoration of someone to a useful place in society |
| Hustle | to make strenuous efforts to obtain |
| Render | Cause to become |
| Orphanhood | The condition of being a child without living parents |
| Sophisticated | complex or intricate |
| Umbrella | Having the function of uniting a group of similar things |
| Adversity | A state of misfortune or affliction |
| Destitution | A state without friends, money or prospects |
| Foster care | Supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home |
| Realm | A domain in which something is dominant |
| Confrontation | A hostile disagreement face-to-face |
| Onus | the responsibility for something |
| Avert | Prevent the occurrence of |
| Miffed | slightly angry or upset |
| Partisan | Devoted to a cause |
| Constrained | Lacking spontaneity |
| Discretionary | decided by officials and not fixed by rules |
| On tenterhooks | waiting nervously for something to happen |
| Clemency | kind treatment of somebody when they are being punished |
| Lynchpin | a person or thing that is the most important part of an organization, a plan, etc., because everything else depends on them or it |
| Cautionary | giving a warning about a possible danger, problem, etc. |
| Heed | Pay close attention to |
| Shore up | Support, help or boost something that would otherwise be weak or fail |
| Turmoil | A violent disturbance |
| Dire | Causing fear, dread or terror |
| Hazard | source of danger |
| Breach | to break or violate (something) |
| Wet bulb | one of the two thermometers of a psychrometer, the bulb of which is enclosed in wetted material so that water is constantly evaporating from it and cooling the bulb |
| Vulnerable | Susceptible to attack |
| Partisan | Devoted to a cause |
| Ceasefire | A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms |
| Raft | A lot |
| Fallout | the effect or result of something |
| Rouble | The basic unit of money in Russia |
| Tumble | Fall suddenly and sharply |
| A run on something | a situation in which a lot of people want to buy something at the same time |
| Unilateral | Involving only one part or side |
| Embark | Proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers |
| Take a beating | suffer damage or hurt |
| Futures | Bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
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