The Hindu Editorial (Tragic track) – June 06, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (Tragic track) – June 06, 2023:

1. tragic (adjective) – sad, painful, sorrowful, heart-rending.
2. corrective (adjective) – remedial, restorative, curative, reparative; correctional, punitive, reformatory.
3. measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
4. collision (noun) – crash, accident, clash.
5. freight (noun as modifier) – goods.
6. decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
7. foretold past and past participle of foretell (verb) – predict, foresee, anticipate, expect.
8. avert (verb) – prevent, stop, avoid, ward off.
9. thanks to (phrase) – as a result of, owing to, due to, because of.
10. alert (adjective) – vigilant, watchful, attentive, heedful, circumspect.
11. loco informal for locomotive (noun) – the engine of a train.
12. loco pilot (noun) – a person who is operating and driving the train.
13. moderate (adjective) – average, modest, medium.
14. bring something to a stop/end/halt (phrase) – make something stop/end/halt.
15. (go) off the track (phrase) – get sidetracked, lose one’s way, go off course, change direction, swerve, deviate.
16. intended (adjective) – planned, pre-planned, meant.
17. intervention (noun) – the process of intervening in something; involvement, interference.
18. call for (phrasal verb) – require, need, necessitate, make necessary, demand, publicly ask for.
19. rectify (verb) – make right, redress, correct, sort out.
20. sensitise (verb) – quick to respond to, be responsive to, make sensitive to, reactive to.
21. venture (verb) – undertake a risky journey; dare to do something.
22. shortcut (noun) – alternate route.
23. inquiry (noun) – an official investigation.
24. sequence (noun) – order, series, course.
25. pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
26. ambitious (adjective) – formidable, difficult, challenging, demanding.
27. infrastructure (noun) – the basic physical or organisational structure or framework that a country or organization needs in order to function properly. For a whole nation, it includes all the physical systems such as buildings, roads & railways networks, utilities, etc.
28. capital spending/capital expenditure (CAPEX) (noun) – the money spent on the acquisition of assets like land, buildings, machinery, equipment, as well as investment in shares.
29. fall (verb) – decrease, reduce, drop, diminish.
30. rolling stock (noun) – in the rail transport industry, rolling stock refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches, private railroad cars and wagons.
31. overstretched (adjective) – overtaxed, overstressed, exhausted, pressurized, overburdened.
32. camouflage (verb) – cover up, hide, conceal, disguise, gloss over.
33. glitzy (adjective) – showy/busy, extravagant, splashy, adorned, decorated, embellished.
34. facade (noun) – outward appearance, false display, posture, pretence.
35. evidently (adverb) – obviously, clearly, absolutely, certainly.
36. adequate (adjective) – satisfactory, sufficient, enough.
37. pace (noun) – speed, rate.
38. label (verb) – name, call, term, describe, classify.
39. attention (noun) – concentration, heed, consideration, deliberation, thought, thinking, action. 
40. amenity (noun) – facility, service, utility.
41. prompt (verb) – cause, bring about, result in, lead to, bring on, call forth.
42. onto (preposition) – in a state of knowing about; in a state of becoming aware of.
43. strive for (verb) – work towards, aim for, wish for, aspire to, achieve.
44. paramount (adjective) – most important, primary, first and foremost (thing), key.
45. sabotage (noun) – deliberately damage, vandalism, destruction.
46. rule out (phrasal verb) – prevent, exclude, eliminate, dismiss, reject.
47. operational (adjective) – working, functioning, operative.
48. rationalise (verb) – modernise, streamline, make more efficient, hone, simplify, reorganize.

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