English Vocabulary from "The Hindu" - 21st January 2016

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Hi Friends, I am Kani. Here I am sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu dated 21st January 2016. Happy Reading :)

Topic 1 : "Dealing with the slowdown"

• Prevailing - existing in a ​particular ​place or at a ​particular ​time
• Gloom - feelings of ​great ​unhappiness and ​loss of ​hope
• Forecast - predict or estimate something (a future event or trend)
• Turbulence - a ​state of ​confusion without any ​order
• Volatility - being easily excited
• Tandem - at the same ​time
• Pare - reduce (something) in size
• Underscore - to emphasize (something) or show the importance of (something)
• Catalyse - to make something ​start ​happening or ​start being ​successful
• Hasten - to make something ​happen ​sooner or more ​quickly
• Emphasised - give special importance or value to (something)
  
• vis-à-vis - in relation to something
• Make a beeline - to move ​quickly and ​directly toward something
• Prediction - a ​statement about what you ​think will ​happen in the ​future
• Shot in the arm    - something that has a ​sudden and ​positive ​effect on something (​providing ​encouragement)
• Headwinds - opposition
• Wish away - to do nothing and ​hope that a ​problem will ​disappear
• Oftentimes - on many ​occasions
• Spillover - ​begins to ​affect another ​situation (in an unwanted way)
• Volatility - ​likely to ​change ​suddenly and ​unexpectedly
• Contracting - decrease in size
• Wooing - to ​try to ​make someone to ​support you or to use ​your ​business
• Coherent -  logical and clear
• Slump - to ​fall ​suddenly  (​prices, ​values, or ​sales)
• Mitigate - make (something bad) less serious /painful
• Distress - a ​feeling of ​extreme ​worry, ​sadness, or ​pain
• Dodge - to ​avoid something ​unpleasant

Topic 2 : "Polarisation in Malda"

• Polarisation - the condiction where people become divided into different groups and fight with each other
• Unleash - to ​suddenly ​release a ​violent ​force that cannot be ​controlled
• Escalation - a rapid increase
• Protest - an action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
• Obscure - not ​clear and ​difficult to ​understand
• Mob - a large crowd of people who intended to cause trouble or violence
• Ransack - go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage
• Breakdown - failure
• Convulse - to ​shake ​violently with ​sudden ​uncontrolled ​movements
• Agrarian - relating to the ​land, ​especially the use of ​land for ​farming
• Thrive - to ​grow, ​develop, or be ​successful
• Patronage - the ​support given to an ​organization by someone
• Rampant - getting ​worse ​quickly and in an ​uncontrolled way
• Ruse - an action intended to deceive someone
• Arsonists - people who intentionally ​start fire in ​order to ​damage or ​destroy something
• Sinister - giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
• Ploy - a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage
• Foment - to ​cause ​trouble to ​develop
• Wield  - to have a lot of ​influence or ​power over other ​people
• Hitherto - until now or until a ​particular ​time
• Breach - an ​act of ​breaking a ​law, ​promise, ​agreement
• Hegemony - the ​position of being the ​strongest and most ​powerful and ​therefore ​able to ​control ​others
• Blatantly - intentionally (when this is a ​bad thing)
• Recourse - a source of help in a difficult situation
• Dog-whistle - an aimed political message which is intended for, and can only be understood by, a particular group
• Consolidate - to become stronger or more solid
• Subsequent - happening after something ​else
• Prospect - the possibility of some future event occurring
• Alliance - a union or association formed for mutual benefit (especially between countries / organizations / political parties)
• Amply - sufficiently
• Deliberately - intentionally
• Ramp - increase the level or amount of (something) sharply
• Riots - a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
• Deterioration - to ​become ​worse
• Cynical - believing that ​people are only ​interested in themselves and are not ​sincere
• Conflagration - a ​large ​fire that ​causes a lot of ​damage
• Indictment - a ​sign that a ​policy, ​system, ​society, etc. is ​bad or ​wrong

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