On a glide path? – The Hindu (April 14, 2017)

On a glide path? – The Hindu (April 14, 2017)

Hiking fuel prices at petrol pumps is such a politically fraught exercise that there is even a hesitation to decrease prices so as to safeguard against a possible spike in global petroleum rates in the future. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1:

1. glide path (noun) – a serious of actions performed steadily to achieve a result.
2. fraught (adjective) – agitated, distressed/distracted, desperate.
3. pilot (adjective) – experimental, trial/test, sample.
4. in tandem (phrase) – along side each other.
5. calibrate (verb) – modify, alter, regulate.
6. fortnight (noun) – a period of two weeks.
7. eminent sense (adjective) – obvious, clear, marked.
8. inflationary (adjective) – tending to cause monetary inflation. inflation (noun) – increase of price level of goods & services & vice versa decrease of currency value.
9. ascent (noun) – incline, rise, upward gradient.
10. descent (noun) – decline, fall, drop.
11. fiscal outlook (noun) – prospects/expectancy of the financial situation of a organisation/country during an upcoming quarter, year or other time period.
12. dismantle (verb) – deconstruct, disassemble, take apart.
13. take off (phrasal verb) – succeed, progress, prosper/flourish.
14. distort (verb) – misrepresent, twist, falsify/misreport.
15. overlap (verb) – partly coincide in time.
16. regime (noun) – system, arrangement, scheme.
17. coincidence (noun) – co-occurrence, coexistence, simultaneousness.
18. wind down (phrasal verb) – diminish, lessen, dwindle/decline.
19. liability (noun) – financial obligation, debt, indebtedness.

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