Tax trauma – The Hindu (Sep 23, 2017)

Tax trauma – The Hindu (Sep 23, 2017)

For a reform that was cracked up to be India’s biggest tax overhaul since Independence, the roll-out of the goods and services tax is off to a less-than-desirable start.  For further reading, visit “The Hindu”.

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Word List-1 (To Improve English Vocabulary)

1. trauma (verb) – a distressing or disturbing, torment experience.
2. glitch (noun) – problem, difficulty, issue/complication.
3. be cracked up to be (phrase) – be believed/said to be (used to hint that something has been explained too positively).
4. overhaul (noun) – a thorough examination, revamp, recondition.
5. roll-out (noun) – official launch / introduction.
6. reiterate (verb) – repeat, say again, restate.
7. chink (noun) –  weak point, opening, gap.
8. impasse (noun) – stalemate, deadlock, stand-off.
9. implication (noun) – consequence, result, ramification/repercussion.
10. stumble (noun) – fall, collapse, foundering.
11. reckoning (noun) – calculation, estimation; evaluation.
12. cramp (verb) – hinder, impede, inhibit.
13. ramp up (phrasal verb) – increase something.
14. better off (phrase) – in a more desirable/advantageous situation.
15. rebound (noun) – an increase in something (value, amount) after a decline.
16. misplace (verb) – loss, miss, mislay.
17. trigger (verb) – prompt, provoke, stir up.
18. unease (noun) –  fright, fearfulness, anxiety/panic.
19. tweak (noun) – adjustment, modification, alteration.

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