The Hindu Editorial (Tragedy on the tracks) – May 11, 2020

The tragedy of 16 strewn bodies on a railway track in Maharashtra on Friday morning has been in the making for weeks now. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Tragedy on the tracks) – May 11, 2020.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Tragedy on the tracks) – May 11, 2020

strewn (adjective) – scattered (disorderly).
in the making (phrase) – burgeoning, developing, growing, up and coming.
flip-flop (noun) – a sudden reversal of something, particularly a policy/plan.
facilitate (verb) – make easier, make possible; assist, help, aid.
lockdown (noun) – an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from a place; An extended state of confinement/encirclement/isolation of a person by the authority.
derail (verb) – obstruct, interrupt, impede/thwart.
livelihood (noun) – means of making a living with the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing); means of support, subsistence, source of income.
inability (noun) – lack of ability, incapability, ineffectiveness.
protocol (noun) – procedure, rules, system of rules, method.
every step of the way (phrase) – continuously, constantly, invariably; during the entire process.
put through (phrasal verb) – subject to, experience, go through (an unpleasant/difficult situation).
hardship (noun) – distress, trouble, misfortune, suffering.
aggravate (verb) – made serious/severe, worsen, compound, exacerbate, enrage.
lack of (noun) – absence, deficiency, insufficiency, shortage.
incompetence (noun) – inability, incapability, ineptitude, lack of skill/ability.
sight (noun) – view, glimpse, seeing.
stream (noun) – a large number of people (crowd) moving continuously in a particular direction.
toddler (noun) – a young child.
the infirm (plural noun) – weak, feeble, unwell/ailing people.
indelible (adjective) – permanent, lasting, inerasable.
inept (adjective) – unsuccessful, ineffectual, incompetent, clumsy.
circumstances (noun) – situation, conditions, state of affairs.
take into account (phrase) – consider, bear in mind, take account of.
at any costs (phrase) – regardless of the effort needed.
take to (phrasal verb) – resort to, turn to, have recourse to, start.
spare no effort (phrase) – pull out all the stops, to make every effort to succeed; to do everything possible, try hard to achieve something.
make out (phrasal verb) – distinguish, recognize, discern.
spectacle (noun) – display, sight, view.
make a spectacle of oneself (phrase) – to behave embarrassingly (badly) in public.
unfold (verb) – occur, happen, take place.
pestilence (noun) – disease, epidemic/pandemic, infection.
tailspin (noun) – a situation in which something begins to perform badly or to fail and becomes out of control; (emotional) collapse due to rapidly increasing chaos or panic; uncontrollable decline, downturn, breakdown.
catch napping (phrase) – catch off guard, find unprepared, take by surprise.
at best (phrase) – simply, merely, only.
tenuous (adjective) – weak, fragile, shaky; insubstantial, unspecific, indefinite.
slumber (noun) – sleep, nap, rest, drowse/doze.
ferry (verb) – transport.
stranded (adjective) – stuck (in difficulties), helpless, abandoned, deserted.
starving (adjective) – deprived of food, dying of hunger.
workforce (noun) – workers, employees.
reign (verb) – exist, be present, prevail, be in effect, be the case.
onerous (adjective) – burdensome, difficult, tough, troublesome, stressful.
heap on (verb) – load on, to provide a lot of something (to somebody).
hapless (adjective) – unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated.
get by (phrasal verb) – survive, manage, cope, exist, subsist (stay alive with difficulty).
at/in the best of times (phrase) – in the most advantageous situations.
arbitrarily (adverb) – unreasonably, illogically; autocratically.
humiliation (noun) – embarrassment, discomfiture, disgrace, insult/offence.
desperate (adjective) – despairing, hopeless, anguished, distressed.
venture (verb) – undertake a risky journey; dare to do something.
get home (phrase) – to return to one’s home; to arrive at one’s home.
map out (phrasal verb) – outline, set out, detail.
orderly (adjective) – systematic, methodical, organized/planned.
pay the price/cost (phrase) – experience the bad/unpleasant result of something; sacrifice, loss.
mitigate (verb) – reduce, lessen, decrease, make less severe.
just (adjective) – fair, equitable, impartial.
in one’s tracks (phrase) – suddenly.