The Editorial Vocab - 17th April 2015 (World Haemophilia Day)

Eschew
  • (verb)
    1.  avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of.  [syn]  shun
Creep
  • (noun)
    1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.  [syn]  weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook
    2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
    3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot.
    4. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.  "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage".  "the traffic moved at a creep".  [syn]  crawl, crawling, creeping
  • (verb)
    1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.  "the crocodile was crawling along the riverbed".  [syn]  crawl
    2. to go stealthily or furtively.  "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house".  [syn]  sneak, mouse, pussyfoot;  [similar]  sneak away, sneak out
    3. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface).  "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings".
    4. show submission or fear.  [syn]  fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel
Bruising
  • (adjective)
    1. causing mental or emotional injury.  "a bruising experience".  "protected from the bruising facts of battle".  [similar]  harmful
    2. brutally forcefull and compelling.  "protected from the bruising facts of battle".  [similar]  forceful
Incumbent
  • (noun)
    1. the official who holds an office.  [syn]  officeholder
  • (adjective)
    1. lying or leaning on something else.  "an incumbent geological formation".  [similar]  superjacent
    2. necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding.  "it is incumbent on them to pay their won debts".  [similar]  necessary
    3. currently holding an office.  "the incumbent governor".  [similar]  current
Buttress
  • (noun)
    1. a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of building.  [syn]  buttressing
  • (verb)
    1. reinforce with a buttress.  "buttress the church".
    2. make stronger or defensible.  "buttress you thesis".
Pedigree
  • (noun)
    1. the descendants of one individual.  "his entire lineage has been warriors".  [syn]  lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
    2. line of descent of a purebred animal.
    3. ancestry of a purebred animal.  [syn]  bloodline
  • (adjective)
    1. having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal.  [syn]  pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred;  [similar]  purebred
Turbulent
  • (adjective)
      1. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination.  "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive".  "riotous times".  "these troubled areas".  "the tumultuous years of his administration".  "a turbulent and unruly childhood".  [syn]  disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous;  [similar]  unquiet
      2. (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence.  "the river's roiling current".  "turbulent rapids".  [syn]  churning, roiling, roiled, roily;  [similar]  agitated
Clout
  • (noun)
    1. a target used in archery.
    2. special advantage or influence.  "the chairman's nephew has a lot of pull".  [syn]  pull
    3. a short nail with a flat head; used to attach sheet metal to wood.  [syn]  clout nail
    4. (boxing) a blow with the fist.  "I gave him a clout on his nose".  [syn]  punch, poke, lick, biff, slug
  • (verb)
    1. strike hard, especially with the fist.  "he clouted his attacker".
Fringe
  • (noun)
    1. the outside boundary or surface of something.  [syn]  periphery, outer boundary
    2. a part of the city far removed from the center.  "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city".  [syn]  outskirt
    3. one of the light or dark bands produced by the interference and diffraction of light.  [syn]  interference fringe
    4. a social group holding marginal or extreme views.  "members of the fringe believe we should be armed with guns at all times".
    5. a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead.  [syn]  bang
    6. an ornamental border consisting of short lengths of hanging threads or tassels 
  • (verb)
    1. adorn with a fringe.  "the weaver fringed the scarf".
    2. decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe.  "fur fringed the hem of the dress".
Charisma
  • (noun)
    1. a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others.  [syn]  personal appeal, personal magnetism
Flounder
  • (noun)
    1. flesh of any of various American and European flatfish.
    2. any of various European and non-European marine flatfish.
  • (verb)
    1. walk with great difficulty.  "he staggered along in the heavy snow".  [syn]  stagger
    2. behave awkwardly; have difficulties.  "she is floundering in college".
Fumble
  • (noun)
    1. (sports) dropping the ball.  [syn]  muff
  • (verb)
    1. feel about uncertainly or blindly.  "she groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom".  [syn]  grope;  [similar]  grope for
    2. make one's way clumsily or blindly.  "he fumbled towards the door". [syn]  blunder
    3. handle clumsily
    4. make a mess of, destroy or ruin.  "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out".  "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement".  [syn]  botch, bodge, bumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up
    5. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder.  "fumble a grounder".
Chit
  • (noun)
    1. a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect.  "she was incensed that this chit of a girl should dare to make a fool of her in front of the class".  "she's a  saucy chit".
    2. the bill in a restaurant.  "he asked the waiter for the check".  [syn]  check, tab
Agitate
  • (verb) 
    1. try to stir up public opinion.  [syn]  foment, stir up
    2. cause to be agitated, excited or roused.  "the speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks".  [syn]  rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up
    3. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gin an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for.  "the liberal party pushed for reforms".  "she is crusading for women's rights".  "the Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate".  [syn]  crusade, fight, press, campaign, push
    4. move very slightly.  "he shifted in his seat".  [syn]  stir, shift, budge
    5. move or cause to move back and forth.  "the chemist shook the flask vigorously".  "my hands were shaking".  [syn]  shake
    6. change the arrangement or position of.  [syn]  vex, disturb, commove, shake up, stir up, raise up
Tangle
  • (noun)
    1. a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven.  "they carved their way through the tangle of vines".
    2. something jumbled or confused.  "a tangle of government regulations".  [syn]  snarl, maze
  • (verb) 
    1. force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.  "they were swept up by the events".  "don't drag me into this business".  [syn]  embroil, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
    2. tangle or complicate.  "a ravelled story".  [syn]  ravel, knot
    3. disarrange or rumple; dishevel.  "the strong wind tousled my hair".  [syn]  tousle, dishevel
    4. twist together or entwine into a confusing mass.  "the child entangled the cord".  [syn]  entangle, mat, snarl
Source: 

 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/17/guardian-view-britains-choices-economy

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/17/guardian-religious-liberty-christians-west-nothing-fear

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/opinion/help-for-victims-of-crooked-schools.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/opinion/roadblocks-to-sharing-medical-records.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/opinion/turkeys-willful-amnesia.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/opinion/le-pen-vs-le-pen.html

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/hillary-clinton-running-for-us-president-2016/article7109867.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/jayalalithaa-da-case-anbazhagan-appeal/article7109866.ece
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