Course correction – The Hindu (Oct 09, 2017)

Course correction – The Hindu (Oct 09, 2017)

Nearly 100 days after India’s tryst with the new Goods and Services Tax regime began, the GST Council empowered to oversee its implementation has approved several alterations. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. conciliatory (adjective) – propitiatory, appeasing, pacifying/peacemaking.
2. tryst (noun) – meeting, arrangement, agreement.
3. empower (verb) – authorize, allow, entitle.
4. oversee (verb) – supervise, administer, manage.
5. implementation (noun) – execution, application, performance.
6. stretched (adjective) –  overtaxed, overextended, strained.
7. yarn (noun) – thread, cotton/wool, fibre.
8. soothe (verb) – comfort/pacify, settle, conciliate.
9. distress (noun) – hardship, adversity, trouble.
10. bulwark (noun) – protector, guard, supporter.
11. behest (noun) – instruction, request; command/order.
12. shortcomings (noun) – fault, flaw, imperfection/defect.
13. akin (adjective) – similar, related, equivalent.
14. advance (verb) – bring forward, move forward, make earlier.
15. switch (verb) – change, swap/exchange, replace.
16. fledgling (noun) – emerging, beginning, promising.
17. backbone (noun) – support, mainstay/cornerstone, strength.
18. composition (noun) – formation, structure, organization.
19. spur (verb) – stimulate, encourage, motivate/urge.
20. capital crunch (noun) – severe shortage (of capital).
21. pan out (phrasal verb) – turn out, work out,  conclude/succeed.
22. on the ground (phrase) – in a situation/place where things are happening really/practically.
23. put off (phrasal verb) – postpone, defer/delay, reschedule/shelve.
24. staggered (adjective) – astonished, surprised, shocked.
25. interim (adjective) – provisional, temporary, short-term.
26. flurry (noun) – a series of things happening suddenly at the same period; spate, cascade.
27. persist (verb) – continue, carry on, remain.
28. anti-profiteering (adjective) – relating to a clause which acts against a person who makes excessive profit illegally.
29. cramp (verb) – hinder, impede, inhibit.
30. swiftly (adverb) – quickly, rapidly, fast.
31. grey area (noun) – an area of activity/a condition which is not clearly described.
32. impeccable (adjective) – flawless, perfect, exemplary.
33. rationale (noun) – reason/basis; principle; motivation.
34. warrant (verb) – justify, necessitate, validate.

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