Fixing suburban rail travel – The Hindu (July 13, 2016)
The murder of a young woman in broad daylight at a key suburban railway station in Chennai on June 24 has exposed how train passengers remain vulnerable in terms of their personal safety and security. It is no surprise that the suspect chose a place where there was very poor security and surveillance. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
Today’s Words:
- Suburban (adjective) – related to the suburb area/residential area away from a large city /outskirts of a city.
- Vulnerable (adjective) – in danger, in peril, unsafe, unprotected, at risk.
- Suspect (noun) – suspected person, accused, defendant.
- Surveillance (noun) – observation, scrutiny, monitoring, supervision.
- Lax (adjective) – slack, negligent, remiss, careless, inattentive.
- Maim (verb) – disable, impair, disfigure, deform.
- Dysfunctional (adjective) – something which is not operating properly.
- Walkalator – horizontal escalator, typically at an airport. (it is called as moving walkway or moving sidewalk in American English and travelator or travolator in British English).
- Extent (noun) – the scale of something.
- Passenger kilometre, abbreviated as pkm – it is a measure of movement of passengers by a mode of transport, like roads, railways, etc,.
- Exemplary (adjective) – perfect, ideal, model; excellent, outstanding, exceptional.
- Bound to (adjective) – certain, sure, very likely, guaranteed.
- Ecosystem (noun) – interconnected system.
- Trespass (verb) – enter without permission, intrude on.
- Holistic (adjective) – relating to the whole/complete/entire parts/systems/factors. comprehensive, full, total.
- Piecemeal (adjective & adverb) – a little at a time, bit by bit, in stages, in steps.
- Lie in (verb) – consist, exist, be present, reside.
- Context (noun) – circumstances, conditions; situation.
- Stumbling block (noun) – obstacle, hurdle, barrier, hindrance.
- Absolve (verb) – exonerate, clear, exempt.
- Put things into perspective (idiom) – compare something with similar things to judge it correctly.
- Substantially (adverb) – considerably, significantly, greatly, to a great extend.
- Ultimately (adverb) – fundamentally, basically, primarily, essentially.
- Bite the bullet (idiom) – to do something unpleasant/difficult thing even if someone avoids to do it.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.