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Today’s Advanced Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary:

1. overdue (adjective) – late, behind schedule/time, delayed.
2. neoliberal (adjective) – relating to an economic policy model that supports value of free market competition by the private sectors which with little government control over it.
3. conundrum (noun) – problem, difficulty, mystery.
4. fodder (noun) – food, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle and other livestock.
5. sediment (noun) – silt, remains/deposited earth/mud.
6. downstream (adjective) – relating to the place closer to the mouth of a stream/river.
7. biodiversity (noun) – the number and variety of species (plants & animals) in a particular geographic region.
8. carbon sequestration (noun) – Carbon sequestration describes long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to either mitigate or defer global warming and avoid dangerous climate change. It has been proposed as a way to slow the atmospheric and marine accumulation of greenhouse gases, which are released by burning fossil fuels (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
9. imperial (adjective) – monarchical, authoritative, commanding/domineering.
10. statist (adjective) – relating to the principle that the government should control both economic or social policy.
11. paradigm shift (noun) – a fundamental and important change with new ideas/thinking.
12. forest produce (noun) – timber, non timber and minor minerals found inside or brought from a forest, among other things.
13. charade (noun) – a ridiculous act/show, false display, farce.
14. run out (phrasal verb) – use up, be exhausted, be finished.
15. lopsided (adjective) – asymmetrical, unequal, one-sided.
16. devolution (noun) – decentralization, delegation, distribution.
17. concurrence (noun) – agreement, consensus, consent/approval.
18. haze (noun) – confusion, vagueness, muddle.
19. platitude (noun) – cliché, overworked saying, overused saying.
20. carping (verb) – complaining, grumbling,
21. monoculture (noun) – the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop in a (farming) field at a time.
22. decimate (verb) – eliminate, remove; to severely damage or destroy a large part of (something).
23. entail (verb) – cause/produce, generate, prompt.
24. statutorily (adverb) – legitimately, permissibly, judicially/legally.
25. revamp (verb) – reorganize, restructure, rearrange/overhaul.
26. impetus (noun) – motivation, stimulus, encouragement/ boost.
27. sequester  (verb) – isolate, segregate, set apart.
28. monies (noun) – plural form of money.
29. fall back on (phrasal verb) – resort/turn to, use, employ.
30. rope in (phrasal verb) – enlist, engage, persuade.
31. overlook (verb) – supervise, oversee, monitor/observe.

Today’s Advanced Word List-2 To Learn English And To Improve Vocabulary: