The Hindu Editorial (Optical relief) – Apr 15, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (Optical relief) – Apr 15, 2023:

optical relief (phrase) – usually noted as “simply relief”.
inflation (noun) – simply meaning “cost of living”; increase of price level of goods & services and vice versa decrease of currency value.
headline inflation (noun) – it is a measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commodities such as food and energy prices.
core inflation (noun) – it is a measure of the total inflation within an economy, excluding commodities such as food and energy prices (which change frequently).
household (noun) – family, house.
moderation (noun) – reduction, contraction, lessening, decrease.
respite (noun) – break, pause, rest, interval.
pace (noun) – speed, rate.
ease (verb) – decrease, lessen, diminish, reduce, lower.
central bank (noun) – the banking regulator of a county’s banking system. (e.g. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank of India).
tolerance (noun) – deviation, fluctuation, variation.
threshold (noun) – it is an amount, level, or limit of something. Once the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes; lower limit, starting point, point of entry.
tolerance threshold (noun) – maximum allowable departure/deviation from a standard one.
Retail or Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation (noun) – The change in the price index of the basket of consumer goods and services over a period of time is referred to as CPI-based inflation or retail inflation.
sustained (adjective) – continuous, continual, constant, steady.
escalate (verb) – increase, intensify, heighten, deepen.
conflict (noun) – war, armed conflict, battle, fighting.
mark (noun) – indicate, signify, represent.
occasion (noun) – time, moment, point, juncture, situation.
mandated (adjective) – required, requisite, imperative, necessary, obligatory, binding, compulsory.
successive (adjective) – consecutive, in a row, straight, continuous, .
quarter (noun) – a period of three months (considered as one-fourth of a year).
framework (noun) – structure, system organization.
hit pause (phrase) – to pause (an activity); stop, terminate.
streak (noun) – period, time, spell, session, season, stretch.
project (verb) – forecast, predict, estimate, calculate, gauge, reckon, expect.
as it stands (phrase) – at this time.
turn out (phrasal verb) – appear, emerge, be present; transpire, happen, occur, come about.
projection (noun) – forecast, prediction, calculation.
go by (phrasal verb) – pass, elapse, go past, lapse.
vis-à-vis (preposition) – concerning, with regard to, in relation to, as/in comparison with, in connection with (Vis-à-vis from Latin via. French, means literally “face-to-face).
sanguine (adjective) – optimistic, hopeful, confident, positive, cheerful (particularly in a difficult situation).
in no small measure (phrase) – to a very great extent/level/degree.
due to (phrase) – because of, owing to, on account of, as a result of.
base (noun) – a number used as the basis.
clock (verb) – register, record; achieve.
mean (adjective) – average, median.
fairly (adverb) – little, slightly, moderately.
significant (adjective) – considerable.
clip (noun) – speed, rate, pace.
on top of (phrase) – in addition to something else
reversal (noun) – change.
shell out (phrasal verb) – pay out, spend, expend.
barring (preposition) – except, except for, apart from, other than, besides, excluding.
trigger (verb) – cause, lead to, result in, produce, bring about, generate.
in fact (phrase) – actually, really, in reality.
fall (verb) – decrease, drop, reduce.
year-on-year (adjective) – year over year (for comparison).
imported inflation (noun) – when the general price level rises in a country because of the rise in prices of imported commodities, inflation is termed as “imported inflation”.
spur (verb) – prompt, stimulate, encourage, galvanize.
shock (noun) – disturbance causing volatility/uncertainty in an economy.
spike (verb) – rise/increase sharply.
cereal (noun) – a grain or plants that produce it (for example-wheat, maize, rice & etc.).
spice (noun) – aromatic vegetable products (e.g. pepper) used to season/flavor foods.
on the boil (phrase) – it refers to a situation which is very strong or active or intense.
crop (noun) – a plant that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence.
precipitation (noun) – rain, rainfall.
El Nino (noun) – an unusual/abnormal warming of the waters across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific that lies closer to the Americas). La Niña means abnormal cooling.
pinch (verb) – hurt, pain, cause discomfort.
room (noun) – scope, chance, leeway, freedom, latitude, opportunity (for something to happen).
let one’s guard down (phrase) – lower one’s guard; to become less guarded/vigilant/careful.
prop up (phrasal verb) – to give support to someone or something otherwise that person/thing would fail/collapse; support, help, aid, assist, bolster (up), shore up, hold up, buttress, undergird, underpin, reinforce, strengthen.
squeezed (adjective) – restricted, reduced.
hardly (adverb) – barely, almost not.