The Hindu Editorial (Economics of poverty) – Oct 15, 2019

Editorial Words

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Economics of poverty) – Oct 15, 2019:

laureate (noun) – a person who is honoured with an award for outstanding achievement.
alleviate (verb) – reduce, control, mitigate/moderate.
bag (verb) – get, obtain, secure.
discipline (noun) – field, subject, area.
flourishing (adjective) – thriving, developing, improving.
remedial (adjective) – restorative, reparative, corrective.
sound (verb) – appear, look like, seem.
gobbledygook (noun) – meaningless language, unintelligible language, obscure language.
carry out (phrasal verb) – conduct, perform, execute.
immunisation (noun) – the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines stimulate the body’s own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease.
vaccination (noun) – treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease; immunization.
shoot up (phrasal verb) – rise, go up, soar/surge.
hunger (verb) – starvation, famine, lack of food.
overemphasise (verb) – overplay, exaggerate, overstress.
vaguest (superlative adjective) of vague (adjective) – imprecise, uncertain, ambiguous.
objective (noun) – aim, intention, purpose.