Globalisation’s new spokesman – The Hindu (Jan 24, 2017)

Globalisation’s new spokesman – The Hindu (Jan 24, 2017)

President Xi Jinping’s message to the World Economic Forum in Davos was timely and perhaps visionary as well, in this time of extraordinary global uncertainty. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2:

1. globalisation (noun) – the process of making the trade of goods and services equivalent in all nations (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
2. global uncertainty (noun) – it means less planning and more ability to think on your feet. “to think on your feet” means to adjust rapidly, effectively, and intelligently to new developments or changing circumstances.
3. take up (phrasal verb) – accept, take on, undertake (a challenge/offer).
4. cudgel (noun) – a short heavy stick/club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
5. tide (noun) – movement, trend, tendency.
6. inward-looking (adjective) – interested in themselves and not in other people.
7. plenary (noun) – meeting, assembly, conclave (attended by all member countries).
8. world economic order – a set of proposals put forward during the 1970s by some developing countries through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to promote their interests by improving their terms of trade, increasing development assistance, developed-country tariff reductions, and other means (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
9. fragile (noun) – tenuous, easily destroyed, vulnerable.
10. run counter to (phrase) – run/go against something; to be opposite to something.
11. rebuke (noun) – reproach, disapproval, criticism.
12. call (noun) – attraction, appeal, allure.
13. protectionism (noun) – the use of tariff and non-tariff restrictions on imports to protect domestic producers from foreign competition (Courtesy: Financial Times).
14. slump (noun) – recession, economic decline, slowdown.
15. underpin (verb) – support, buttress, form (a basis).
16. categorical (adjective) – unconditional, outright, wholehearted.
17. swift (adjective) – rapid, quick, speedy/fast.
18. enforcement (noun) – imposition, implementation, execution.
19. accord (noun) – agreement, treaty, pact/deal.
20. reiterate (verb) – repeat, say again, restate.
21. unprecedented (adjective) – not done or experienced before.
22. post-War (adjective) – occurring or existing after a war (particularly the Second World War).
23. lay the blame for (phrase) – to blame (someone for something).
24. reap (verb) – receive, obtain, get/acquire.
25. economic mobility (noun) – the ability of an individual, family or some other group to improve (or lower) their economic status—usually measured in income (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
26. fallout (noun) – bad effect/result, adverse effect/result.
27. mounting (adjective) – increasing, growing, intensifying.
28. demonstrable (adjective) – obvious, clear, evident/apparent.
29. commensurate (verb) – appropriate to, in line with, consistent with.
30. step up to the podium (phrase) – take center stage; make someone/something as the focus/center point.

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