Left behind – The Hindu (Jan 18, 2018)

Left behind – The Hindu (Jan 18, 2018)

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1. left behind (past participle of leave behind) (verb) – to cause a bad situation exists.
2. spectrum (noun) – range, gamut/ambit, scope.
3. empower (verb) – authorize, allow, entitle.
4. enrol (verb) – register, enter, join.
5. vocational (adjective) – job-related, work/employment, professional.
6. demographic dividend (noun) – a period  in which the working-age population has good health, quality education, decent employment and a lower proportion of young dependents. Smaller numbers of children per household generally lead to larger investments per child, more freedom for women to enter the formal workforce and more household savings for old age. When this happens, the national economic payoff can be substantial. This is a “demographic dividend.” (Courtesy: United Nations Population Fund).
7. to begin with (phrase) – at first, at the outset, at the beginning.
8. respondent (noun) – a person who answers (a question).
9. arithmetic (adjective) – relating to a branch of mathematics dealing with the adding and multiplying, etc. of numbers.
10. insight (noun) – awareness, (deep) understanding; experience of.
11. discrete (adjective) – separate, distinct, individual.
12. worse off (phrase) – less fortunate; in a disadvantageous position.
13. scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
14. come/bring under the umbrella (phrase) – to be part of an institution/organisation.
15. bound to (adjective) – certain/sure, very likely, guaranteed.
16. multiplier effect (noun) – the outcome of government spending on its income.
17. objective (noun) – aim, intention, target/purpose.
18. comprehensive (adjective) – thorough, full, extensive/in-depth.
19. lacunae – plural of lacuna (noun) – a gap/empty space; missing part of something.
20. remedy (noun) – solution, answer, antidote/panacea.

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