‘Serious job losses are taking place’ – The Hindu (Jan 17, 2017)

‘Serious job losses are taking place’ – The Hindu (Jan 17, 2017)

More than two months after the demonetisation, Nobel Laureate and economist Amartya Sen says that any proper “economic reasoning could not have sensibly led to such a ham-handed policy.”  For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-2:

1. prevail (verb) – be present, be prevalent, be widespread.
2. loyalty (noun) – faithfulness/trustworthiness; dependability, reliability.
3. ham-handed (adjective) – ham-fisted, inefficient, unskilful/awkward.
4. facilitate (verb) – make easy; assist, help.
5. presumption (noun) – assumption, supposition, thought/expectation.
6. institutionalisation (noun) – the act of establishing something as a standard.
7. promissory note (adjective) – a legal document in which one party (issuer) promises in writing to pay a fixed sum of money to the other (payee) on demand.
8. perplexing (adjective) – confusing, puzzling, baffling/bewildering.
9. foresee (verb) – anticipate, predict, forecast.
10. overwhelming (adjective) – very large, huge; very strong.
11. rhetoric (noun) – bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.
12. trumpeted (adjective) – announced, declared, proclaimed.
13. get rid of (phrase) – abolish/eliminate, wipe out; remove.
14. leap into (verb) – rush, hurry, hasten ( to do something suddenly).
15. draconian (adjective) – severe, harsh/tough, stringent.
16. ill-suited (adjective) – inappropriate, unsuitable.
17. chaos (noun) – confusion, disruption, uproar.
18. inept (adjective) – incompetent, unskilful; awkward.
19. persistent (adjective) – continuous, never-ending, unrelenting.
20. nobility (noun) – virtue, goodness, honesty/integrity.
21. hold up (phrasal verb) – remain strong.
22. distorted (adjective) – misrepresented, falsified, manipulated.
23. propaganda (noun) – information, promotion, publicity.
24. notorious (adjective) – infamous, ill-famed, well known (for something bad).
25. famine (noun) –  food shortages; poverty, drought/paucity.

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