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Slow creep – The Hindu (Sep 13, 2017)

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Slow creep – The Hindu (Sep 13, 2017)

Petrol and diesel prices have crept up slowly over the last three months, but without inviting the kind of anger and criticism usually directed at such fuel price hikes For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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  1. creep (noun) –unnoticeable increase in something (slowly and steadily).
  2. creep up (phrasal verb) – increase slowly but steadily in amount.
  3. cumulatively (adverb) – in a way something increases by successive additions.
  4. ploy (noun) – plan, scheme, tactic.
  5. backlash (noun) – adverse reaction/response, retaliation/fallout.
  6. rule out (phrasal verb) – eliminate, reject, dismiss.
  7. far from (phrase) – not/not at all, nowhere near, the opposite of.
  8. cost plus basis (noun) – a pricing strategy in which the selling price is determined by adding a specific (dollar) amount markup to a product’s unit cost (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
  9. fall in line with (phrase) – conform (tally with) with others.
  10. regime (noun) – system, arrangement, scheme.
  11. in this regard (phrase) – in connection with aspect, consideration, point mentioned earlier.
  12. rung (noun) – level, rank, position/grade.
  13. distortion (noun) – misrepresentation, misreporting, misstatement.
  14. extraordinarily (adverb) – extremely, unusually, remarkably.
  15. kick in (phrasal verb) – come into effect.

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