Freedom for the farmer – The Hindu (July 16, 2016)

Editorial Words

8 years ago

The Maharashtra government’s decision to promulgate an ordinance this week to exempt farmers from having to mandatorily sell their fruit and vegetable crop at mandis governed by a 1963 law on marketing farm produce, is a bold and laudable step. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

Today’s Word List:

Promulgate (verb) – put into effect, enact, implement, enforce.
Exempt from (verb) – free from an obligation/liability.
Laudable (adjective) – praiseworthy, commendable, admirable.
Stand one’s ground (idiom) – stand firm, be firm, make a stand, be determined.
Lobby (noun) – attempt to/try to influence.
Regime (noun) – system, scheme, plan, arrangement, procedure.
Produce (noun) – agricultural products.
Rake in (phrase) – earn, make accumulate (a lot of money).
Upside (noun) – against, on.
Shell out (phrase) – pay more/excessively.
Sustainable (adjective) – maintainable, dependable, defensible (natural resources).
Pertinent (adjective) – relevant, appropriate, suitable.
Indebtedness (noun) – something which is owed, owing something like gratidute.
Intervention (noun) – involvement, intervening action/process.
Irrigation (noun) – supply of water to farm land to grow crops & plants.
Monopoly (noun) – exclusive/complete control of something.
Of the sort (phrase) – alike the person/things mentioned earlier.
Acreage (noun) – area of the (agricultural) land.
Rot (verb) – decay, decompose, disintegrate; go bad, go off, spoil.
A chunk of (noun) – a significant amount of.
Horticultural (adjective) – related to the farming of fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Stranglehold (noun) – complete control.
Rely on (verb) – depend on, lean, hinge; resort to.
Captive (adjective) – without alternatives, without a choice.
Heft (noun) – ability, influence.
From farm to fork (idiom) – food chain from (agricultural) produce to food (on the table).
Ambitious (adjective) – purposeful, progressive, motivated; bold, challenging, demanding.
Unveil (verb) – make public, communicate, make known; launch, reveal, introduce.
Wrestle with (verb) – grapple, fight, struggle, battle.
Vested interest (noun) – personal/private interest of a person/group.
Advisory (noun) – (government’s) official announcement.

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Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.