Revival risks – The Hindu (Dec 15, 2017)

Revival risks – The Hindu (Dec 15, 2017)

The Centre’s bid to dispel the pall of gloom over the economy has been helped in recent weeks by a sovereign rating upgrade from a global agency and a sharp improvement in India’s rank on….. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. revival (noun) – improvement, betterment; restoration.
2. woes (noun) – trouble, difficulty, problem.
3. out of the woods (phrase) – out of danger/difficulty.
4. dispel (verb) – banish, eliminate, dismiss.
5. pall (noun) – covering, veil, layer; envelop in (gloom).
6. gloom (noun) – despondency, depression, dispiritedness.
7. headwinds (noun) – (in business) situations or conditions that make growth harder/difficult. Tailwinds (noun) – (in business) it describes a situation or condition that will move growth, revenues, or profits higher.
8. fragile (adjective) – risky, tenuous/vulnerable, shaky.
9. rollout (noun) – official launch/introduction.
10. contract (verb) – decrease, shrink, get smaller.
11. stagnant (adjective) – inactive, sluggish, slow-moving/static.
12. moderate(verb) – lessen, decrease; control.
13. slump (noun) – steep fall, collapse/decline, tumble/plummet.
14. borne out by past participle of bear out (by) (phrasal verb) – confirm, support, endorse/vindicate.
15. spectre (noun) – threat, menace, danger/peril.
16. inflation (noun) – increase of price level of goods & services & vice versa decrease of currency value.
17. broad-based (adjective) – wide-ranging, general.
18. under way (adverb) – happening, occurring, taking place/in progress.
19. wane (verb) – decline, decrease, disappear.
20. core inflation (noun) – it is a measure of the total inflation within an economy, excluding commodities such as food and energy/fuel prices (which change frequently).
21. slash (verb) – reduce, cut, lower (a price greatly).
22. dent (verb) – diminish, reduce, lessen.
23. sustained (adjective) – continuous, uninterrupted, constant.

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