The Hindu Editorial (Maximum gambit) – Mar 27, 2019
It would be easy to dismiss the Congress party’s promise of transferring ₹6,000 a month to poor households as just a pre-poll gimmick… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Maximum gambit) – Mar 27, 2019.
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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Maximum gambit) – Mar 27, 2019:
- gambit (noun) – plan, scheme, strategy.
- pledge (noun) – promise, commitment, vow/assurance.
- household (noun) – family, house.
- gimmick (noun) – publicity device, scheme, ploy/trick.
- one up (adjective) – having an advantage over other (person).
- spell out (phrasal verb) – explain, make clear, elucidate/clarify.
- ballpark (noun) – approximate, general/basic, unspecific.
- set aside (phrasal verb) – disregard, ignore, shrug off.
- cut back (phrasal verb) – reduce, cut, decrease.
- comprehensive (adjective) – complete/full, thorough, extensive.
- rive (verb) – split, rent, ripped apart.
- authenticity (noun) – reliability, truth, faithfulness.
- provision (noun) – term, clause, requirement/condition.
- fall short (phrasal verb) – fail to meet/reach, be deficient.
- the devil in the detail (phrase) – it means that the details of something are always difficult & problematic part of it, whereas “the angel/god is in the details” means that attention paid to small & important things/details will produce big results,
- unsound (adjective) – untenable, flawed, defective/faulty.
- unconditional (adjective) – unquestioning, unreserved, unequivocal/absolute.
- go a long way (phrase) – achieve great success.
- address (verb) – attend to, tackle, deal with.
- indebtedness (noun) – liability, financial obligation, debt.
- menial (adjective) – unskilled, low-grade, routine.
- shore up (phrasal verb) – support, assist, prop up (with some fund/finance to stop declining).
- spur (verb) – stimulate, galvanize, encourage/motivate.
- disincentive (noun) – deterrent, discouragement, restraint.
- inherent (verb) – built-in, ingrained; basic, fundamental (part of something).
- mitigate (verb) – alleviate, relieve, assuage.
- shrink (verb) – reduce/diminish, lessen, dwindle.
- ameliorate (verb) – make something better, improve, enhance.
- agrarian (adjective) – relating to cultivating/farming.
- come up with (phrasal verb) – produce, propose, put forward.
- precedent (noun) – previous example/instance, prior instance, exemplar.
- fillip (noun) – stimulus, boost, encouragement.
- implementation (noun) – execution, enforcement, imposition.
- dole (noun) – benefits/funds paid (by the Govt.) public allowance, welfare.
- magic bullet (noun) – solution, answer; nostrum/remedy.
- clutch (noun) – group, collection, set.
- robust (adjective) – strong, powerful, vigorous.
- prudent (adjective) – wise, sensible, careful/ far-sighted.
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