For a hygienic track – The Hindu (Jul 26, 2017)

For a hygienic track – The Hindu (Jul 26, 2017)

Among the most affordable transport systems in the world, India’s railway network carries millions of people every day, linking the remotest destinations… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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1. caught in a time warp (phrase) – remain unchanged at all from a time in the past although everything else has (changed).
2. scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
3. hobble (verb) – restrict/control/limit the activity or development of something.
4. rot (noun) – deterioration, decline; cancer.
5. contaminate (verb) – pollute, adulterate; spoil.
6. endanger (verb) – imperil, jeopardize, risk.
7. gross (adjective) – flagrant, blatant/obvious, glaring.
8. panacea (noun) – universal cure, universal remedy, perfect solution/magic formula.
9. unveil (verb) – present, disclose, make public.
10. oversight (noun) – supervision, inspection, management.
11. substandard (adjective) – inferior, second-rate, low-quality.
12. tenure (noun) – incumbency, term of office, period/time in office.
13. contend (verb) – compete, grapple with, deal with.
14. open access (noun) – availability to all.
15. pragmatic (adjective) – empirical, realistic/actual, practical.
16. inflate (verb) – increase, rise, escalate (by a large amount).
17. merit (verb) – deserve, justify, warrant.
18. exhaustive (adjective) – comprehensive, all-inclusive, complete.
19. critique (noun) – analysis, evaluation, assessment.
20. imperative (noun) – necessary condition, requisite/requirement, necessity.

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