Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year – The New York Times (Jan 18, 2017)
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Word List-2:
- trounce (verb) – defeat utterly, crush/thrash, overwhelm.
- inauguration (noun) – the formal admission of someone to office.
- plot (noun) – conspiracy, intrigue, secret plan.
- vow (verb) – promise, swear, pledge.
- roll back (phrasal verb) – reverse, remove, revoke.
- predecessor (noun) – forerunner, precursor, antecedent.
- Heat-trapping gases/greenhouse gases – a gas (such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc) in the atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation, causing greenhouse effect and warming of Earth’s temperature (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
- profound (adjective) – serious, extreme, severe.
- El Niño (noun) – it is a phenomenon during which the relationships between winds and ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean change, with an impact on weather conditions around the world (Courtesy: The Earth Observatory, NASA).
- curiosity (noun) – peculiarity, oddity, strangeness.
- pervasive (adjective) – prevalent, common, widespread.
- precipitous (adjective) – steep, sudden, abrupt.
- wrestle with (verb) – fight, grapple (with), struggle.
- be off the charts (phrase) – be at an extreme or unanticipated level.
- drought (noun) – dry spell/period, lack of rain, shortage of water.
- starvation (noun) – extreme hunger, lack of food, famine.
- live through (phrasal verb) – survive; undergo, go through.
- startling (adjective) – surprising, astonishing, shocking.
- at hand (phrase) – close by/near by, coming, imminent.
- plea (noun) – appeal, petition, request (an emotional).
- buoy (noun) – anchored float, navigation mark, guide/marker.
- erupt (verb) – break out, flare up, start suddenly.
- political manipulation (noun) – it is a series of tactics/techniques used by politicians to disorient/confuse/mislead the pubic.
- hoax (noun) – deception, fraud, humbug/bluff.
- climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
- undercut (verb) – undermine, weaken, destroy/demolish.
- contrarian (adjective) – opposing popular opinion.
- in fits and starts (phrase) – intermittently, irregularly, now and then.
- steep (adjective) – sheer, abrupt, sharp.
- court (verb) – risk, invite, attract.
- fossil-fuels (noun) – non renewable resources or fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are formed from the buried /deposited organic materials.
- inevitable (adjective) – unavoidable, unpreventable, sure to happen.
- drown (verb) – flood, submerge, immerse.
- fortify (verb) – strengthen, revive, restore.
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