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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 10th December 2018. Happy reading :)
Note : There were no editorials in THE HINDU on 9th December 2018 (Sunday)
Download PDF Version of Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 10th December 2018 from HERE
Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Current account woes"
- Woes - problems and worries
- Reform - a change that is intended to correct a situation that is wrong or unfair, or make a system work more effectively
- Boost - to help something to increase, improve, or become more successful
- Export - the practice or business of selling goods to another country
- Dependence - a situation in which you need someone or something in order to live or succeed
- Import - to buy a product from another country and bring it to your country
- Current account deficit - a measurement of a country’s trade where the value of the goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the goods and services it exports
- Gross domestic product - the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year, except for income received from money invested in other countries
- In contrast - used when you are comparing two things or people and saying that the second one is very different from the first
- Deficit - the difference between the amount of money or goods that a country or business has and the amount that it has spent or that it owes
- Phenomenon - an event or situation that can be seen to happen or exist
- Abate - to gradually become less serious or extreme
- Long-term - continuing to exist, be relevant, or have an effect for a long time in the future
- Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
- Volatility - liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
- Diversify - to develop new products or activities in addition to the ones that you already provide or do
- Tap into - to get a substance from a particular place or object
- Perennial - always existing, or never seeming to change
- Per se - considered by itself: used for emphasizing that you are not considering something in relation to anything else
- Brisk - quick, energetic, and active
- Liquidity - a situation in which a business has money or property that it can sell in order to pay money that it owes
- Cause for concern - reason to worry
- Meanwhile - at the same time
- Defend - to protect someone or something from attack
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Piecemeal - made or done in separate stages rather than being planned and done as a whole
- Ill-advised - likely to have a bad effect
- Obviously - in a way that is clear for almost anyone to see or understand
- Kick the can down the road - to delay dealing with a serious problem in the hope that it will go away
- Reliance - the state of depending on a particular person or thing
Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "Death in the air: on tackling air pollution"
- Scourge - something that causes a lot of trouble or harm
- Chronic - a chronic problem is always happening or returning and is very difficult to solve
- Malaise - a situation in which a society or organization is not operating effectively
- Defy - to refuse to obey someone or something
- Apathy - a feeling of having no interest in or enthusiasm about anything, or of not being willing to make any effort to change things
- Life expectancy - the length of time that someone is likely to live
- Morbid - relating to or caused by disease
- Premature - happening too soon or before the usual time
- Ambient - existing or present around you
- Particulates - extremely small particles of a substance or substances, especially those that cause air pollution
- Notorious - famous for something bad
- Household - the people who live in a house or flat when they are considered as a single unit
- Accrue - if benefits and advantages accrue to you, you receive them
- Stubble - the ends of plants that are left above ground after a farmer cuts a crop such as wheat or barley
- Unbridled - free or uncontrolled in your emotions
- Sustainable - capable of continuing for a long time at the same level
- Accountable - in a position where people have the right to criticize you or ask you why something happened
- Ensure - to make certain that something happens or is done
- Rapid - happening, moving, or acting quickly
- Residue - the part of something that remains after the rest has gone or ended
- Biomass - all the plant and animal life found in a particular area
- Straw - the yellow stems of dried crops such as wheat, bales of straw
- Underscore - to emphasize something, or to show that it is important
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Expenditure - money spent by a government, organization, or person
- Affluent - rich enough to buy things for pleasure
- Urban - relating to towns and cities, or happening there
- Relatively - in comparison with someone or something similar
- Emission - a substance, especially a gas, that goes into the air
- Density - the amount of something in a place
- Lacking - if something important or useful is lacking, it does not exist or is not available
- Monitoring - to regularly check something or watch someone in order to find out what is happening
- Imagery - pictures, photographs, or objects that represent an idea
- Front-line - the most important or influential position in a debate or movement
Read Previous Posts of THE HINDU English Vocabulary from here
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