The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 22nd January 2025

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Inaugural drama: On the 47th President of the U.S.

Donald Trump is living up to his threats and promises

Republican Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 47th President of the U.S. after his decisive (**meaning: final, determining) victory in the November 2024 election. He marked the start of his second innings (meaning: second term or period) with a slew (meaning: a large number) of executive orders, actions and directives that set the tenor (meaning: the general character or attitude) for his administration’s policy agenda over the four years. Significant (meaning: important) among these are the nearly 1,600 pardons issued to those prosecuted (meaning: charged with a crime) for their role in the riot (meaning: violent disturbance) at the U.S. Capitol in 2021, the U.S.’s exit from the Paris Climate Agreement and the World Health Organization, the ending of birthright citizenship, protected under the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, for children of undocumented migrants and those on temporary visas, a proposed 100% tariff (meaning: tax on imports) on BRICS nations — both of which could impact (meaning: affect) Indians considerably — and 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico from February 1, a declaration (meaning: formal announcement) of national emergency on the U.S.’s southern border with Mexico, and reversing 78 executive orders and memoranda (meaning: written records or communications) of his predecessor (meaning: someone who held a position before) , Joe Biden. Striking (meaning: impressive) optics (meaning: the way something is perceived or looks) of Mr. Trump’s swearing-in was the positioning of tech bosses Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Mark Zuckerberg, prompting speculation (meaning: forming opinions without sufficient evidence) on whether the incoming administration would have shades (meaning: aspects) of a de facto (meaning: in fact, though not officially) “oligarchy” (meaning: a government controlled by a small group of people); and Mr. Musk, who is heading the new government’s efforts to reduce waste and inefficiencies, giving a crowd what appeared to resemble a Nazi salute. As it stands, however, some, if not most, of these executive orders will face legal challenges — the attempted reading down (meaning: reducing or altering) of the 14th Amendment has already been challenged in court.

The note (meaning: tone or mood) that the second Trump administration has struck in terms of its policy agenda appears to be innately (meaning: naturally) hostile (meaning: unfriendly or opposed) to the progressive (meaning: favoring change or improvement) agenda of the Democrats. To a considerable (meaning: significant) extent, that is to be expected, as the two parties diverge (meaning: separate or go in different directions) significantly on matters such as the economy, immigration and reproductive rights. Yet, previous Republican governments have often sought to build bridges (meaning: create connections or agreements) with Democratic colleagues in Congress and at the State level, to find bipartisan (meaning: supported by both political parties) consensus (meaning: general agreement) in key policy areas rather than risk deadlock (meaning: a situation where no progress can be made) and internecine (meaning: destructive within a group) conflicts over policy design and resource allocation. In this instance, however, the federal government trifecta (meaning: three branches or components working together) and a sympathetic Supreme Court stacked (meaning: arranged or influenced) with conservatives might mean that the Trump team needs to rely even less on support from across the aisle (meaning: from the opposing side) than it did during the Trump first term. Further, Mr. Trump appears to be emboldened (meaning: made stronger or more confident) by the breadth (meaning: wide scope) of his election victory to allow unconventional (meaning: not usual or traditional) , even bizarre (meaning: strange or unusual) , policy priorities to enter the proposed agenda, including ideas such as the takeover (meaning: control or acquisition) of the Panama Canal, the de-recognition (meaning: removal of recognition or acknowledgment) of transgender rights, threatening Denmark with a plan to takeover Greenland, and the prospect (meaning: the chance or possibility) of travel bans for certain countries. Perhaps America is getting what it voted for.

Hindu Vocab Wordlist 22nd January 2025

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1. Decisive – able to make decisions quickly and confidently; having a strong effect on the final result.
2. Slew – a large number or quantity of something.
3. Tenor – the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
4. Pardons – an official decision to allow someone who has been convicted of a crime to go free and avoid punishment.
5. Prosecuted – to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a court of law.
6. Tariff – a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.
7. Speculation – the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain.
8. De facto – existing in fact, although not in law.
9. Bipartisan – involving or supported by two political parties.
10. Embodied – to give a concrete form to an idea, feeling, or quality.

Hindu Vocab Master 22nd January 2025 with Synonyms & Antonyms

Here are the synonyms and antonyms of all the difficult words in Hindu Vocab Master Hindi equivalents for all the words for 22nd January 2025:

Word	Synonyms	Antonyms
Decisive	determined, resolute, conclusive, final	hesitant, uncertain, indecisive, vague
Slew	multitude, variety, abundance, mass	scarcity, shortage, few, lack
Tenor	character, tone, mood, direction	dissonance, discord, disagreement, confusion
Pardons	amnesty, forgiveness, reprieve, absolution	condemnation, punishment, penalty, sentence
Prosecuted	charged, tried, indicted, litigated	acquitted, pardoned, exonerated, released
Tariff	duty, tax, charge, levy	subsidy, rebate, discount, exemption
Speculation	guess, hypothesis, conjecture, assumption	certainty, fact, evidence, proof
De facto	actual, real, genuine, effective	nominal, theoretical, supposed, alleged
Bipartisan	cooperative, joint, mutual, collaborative	partisan, divided, one-sided, biased
Embodied	represented, exemplified, manifested, expressed	concealed, hidden, suppressed, repressed