Limited succour – The Hindu (Feb 05 2018)

Limited succour – The Hindu (Feb 05 2018)

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stressed in his Budget speech last week that “to care for those who cared for us is one of the highest honours”,……  For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. succour (noun) – aid/help/support, assistance, relief.
2. underscore (verb) – call attention to, emphasize, highlight.
3. steeply (adjective) – sharply, suddenly, largely.
4. escalate (verb) – increase/rise rapidly, soar, surge.
5. reimbursement (noun) – money paid back/compensated for the money spent.
6. ceiling (noun) – cap, limit, upper limit.
7. in lieu of (noun) – instead, as an alternative, as a substitute.
8. incur (verb) – experience, be subject to, suffer.
9. annuity (noun) – a series of annual sums/payments entitled for an investor by a form of insurance.
10. laudable (adjective) – praiseworthy, commendable, admirable.
11. insofar as (phrase) – to the extent/degree that.
12. chronological (adjective) – sequential, consecutive, progressive.
13. threshold (noun) – level, limit; starting point.
14. demographic (adjective) – relating to the form of the populations.
15. cohort (noun) – group, generation, category/section.
16. hinterland (noun) – remote areas of a country away from the coastal areas/the banks of major rivers.
17. provision (noun) – set aside (an amount for a certain cause).
18. outlay (noun) – expenditure, expenses, spending.
19. starkly (adverb) – in a sharply clear way.
20. comprehensive (adjective) – thorough, full, extensive/in-depth.
21. greying (adjective) – becoming older.
22. demographic (noun) – a particular section of a population.

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