The Hindu Editorial (Eat and learn) – Sep 17, 2022

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resource (noun) – capital, fund, reserve, (financial) support.
intent (noun) – intention, purpose, objective, goal, aim.
far-reaching (adjective) – sweeping, overarching, extensive, profound, comprehensive.
consequence (noun) – result, outcome, effect, repercussion, reverberations, ramification.
public health (noun) – the branch of medicine handling public health; public health is also the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury prevention.
provision (noun) – supplying, giving, providing, allocation, distribution.
freebie (noun) – a thing that is provided without charge; giveaway, handout; a subsidised consumption.
foremost (adjective) – most important, most prominent, primary, noteworthy.
frame (verb) – put together, compose, form, formulate, draw up, plan, devise.
words and deeds (phrase) – promises/assurances and actions/achievements.
deed (noun) – action, activity.
promontory (noun) – high point, height, projection, prominence.
progressive (adjective) – forward-looking, forward-thinking; reforming, liberal, revolutionary.
Dravidian (adjective) – relating to the ideology of Dravidianism.
Dravidianism (noun) – Dravidianism is based on three ideologies: dismantling of Brahmin hegemony (dominance); revitalization of the “Dravidian Languages” (that include Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil) and social reform by abolition of existing caste systems, religious practices and recasting women’s equal position in the society.
inclusive (adjective) – all-inclusive, comprehensive, in toto; including all the groups involved in something.
welfare (noun) – social security, government/state benefit, public assistance.
emphasis (noun) – importance, significance; priority, insistence.
acknowledge (verb) – accept, recognize, realize.
confer (verb) – present to, present with, grant to, give to, endow with, vest in.
outcome (noun) – development, effect, result.
behaviour (noun) – performance.
cognition (noun) – learning, understanding, comprehension.
micronutrient (noun) – minerals and vitamins are called micro nutrients since they are needed by our body in small (trace) amounts.
anaemia (noun) – a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood.
sculpt (verb) – cut, carve, shape/form.
body mass index (BMI) (noun) – an estimate of body fat based on height and weight of a person.
calorie (noun) – a unit of energy. A measurement of the energy content of food.
come up (phrasal verb) – arise, present itself, occur, happen, come about.
prescribe (verb) – advise, recommend, suggest, advocate.
intake (noun) – supply.
hunger (noun) – need for food; starvation, famine, malnutrition.
calorific (adjective) – relating to the amount of energy contained in food.
attention (noun) – care, consideration, support, aid.
parameter (noun) – requirements, conditions, provisions.
rich (adjective) – strong.
decade (noun) – a period of ten years.
act of omission and commission (phrase) – act of omission and commission are, respectively, things someone failed to do, and things someone has done.
pilferage (noun) – the act of stealing items of low value, especially in small quantities, also called petty theft.
sanction (verb) – approve, allow, permit, authorize.
disruption (noun) – disturbance, interference, interruption.
hurdle (noun) – barrier, stumbling block, impediment, hindrance.
triumph (verb) – win, prevail, be successful.
nation-building (noun) – nation-building is defined as a process which leads to the formation of countries in which the citizens feel a sufficient amount of commonality of interests, goals and preferences so that they do not wish to separate from each other.