Paved with big words – The Hindu (Oct 28, 2017)
The Central government is betting on a two-pronged strategy, revealed this week, to rescue the economy from the slowdown. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.
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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)
- rev (up) (verb) – increase; make something more active/intense; become energetic.
- two-pronged (adjective) – having two different aspects.
- recapitalisation (noun) – it is a type of corporate reorganization involving substantial change in a company’s capital structure, especially by replacing debt with stock.
- scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
- traverse (verb) – travel/go across, cross, pass over.
- envisage (verb) – foresee, predict, forecast.
- quantify (verb) – calculate, compute, work out.
- bank on (phrasal verb) – depend on, count/calculate on.
- hold back (phrasal verb) – restrain, prevent, delay.
- reel (verb) – be shaken by, be stunned by, be staggered by.
- aftermath (noun) – consequence, results, effects.
- leveraged balance sheet (adjective) – balance sheet of a company which has volatile earning because of more debt.
- opportune (adjective) – favorable, advantageous, right.
- cold storage (noun) – temporary postponement of something.
- blueprint (noun) – model, plan, template/framework.
- revive (verb) – reintroduce, re-establish, restore.
- unleash (verb) – to allow or cause something (strong/violent) to happen (suddenly).
- gamut (noun) – range, spectrum, scope.
- reboot (verb) – reintroduce, re-establish, restore.
- stranded (adjective) – helpless, without resources, in difficulties; abandoned.
- flee (verb) – run away, run off, escape from.
- in the face of (phrase) – despite/in spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of.
- see the light of day (phrase) – become publicly known; come to exist.
- ramp-up (noun) – boost, increase.
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