The Hindu Editorial (A cut in time) – Dec 05, 2024

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The Hindu Editorial (A cut in time) – Dec 05, 2024:

1. cost (noun) – loss, suffering, drawback, disadvantage.
2. ill-effects (plural noun) – bad results or adverse consequences.
3. wrangling (noun) – long dispute, argument, quarrel.
4. ambitious (adjective) – formidable, difficult, challenging, demanding.
5. endeavour (noun) – activity, pursuit; aim/effort.
6. pilot (verb) – assess, evaluate, examine, test, try out; guide, steer, direct.
7. the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (noun) – it is the leading global authority on the environment. UNEP’s mission is to inspire, inform, and enable nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
8. phase out (phrasal verb) – eliminate, remove, discontinue (something in gradual stages).
9. turn out (phrasal verb) – happen, occur, come about, transpire, emerge, become known. 
10. The Global Plastics Treaty (noun) – it is an international agreement currently being negotiated by around 175 countries to end plastic pollution at every stage of the material’s lifecycle, from manufacturing to disposal.
11. resolution (noun) – decision, declaration, solution, settlement.
12. UN resolution (noun) – United Nations resolution is formal expression of the opinion or will of United Nations organs. It is a decision or declaration voted on by all member states of the United Nations and it usually requires a simple majority (50 percent of all votes plus one) to pass. Although any UN body can issue resolutions, in practice most resolutions are issued by the Security Council or the General Assembly.
13. marine (adjective) – sea, oceanic, maritime.
14. broad (adjective) – comprehensive, extensive, wide, wide-ranging, broad-ranging.
15. framework agreement (noun) – a contract two businesses use to simplify processes for working on projects together.
16. deem (verb) – regard as, consider, view as, see as, think, believe to be.
17. impression (noun) – feeling, notion, belief, view, perception.
18. unanimous (adjective) – in complete agreement/accord, with one voice, concordant/united.
19. address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.
20. divisive (adjective) – alienating/isolating, disharmonious, discordant.
21. Busan (proper noun) – a South Korean city.
22. relative (adjective) – comparative, respective, comparable, corresponding.
23. indestructibility (noun) – the condition/state of being impossible to destroy.
24. hazard (noun) – danger, risk, peril, threat, menace, jeopardy, problem, imperilment.
25. seep into (verb) – filtrate, spread, permeate, flow.
26. eyesore (noun) – defect, blot, blemish, mess.
27. litter (noun) – waste, scrap, garbage, rubbish, thrash, discarded matter.
28. overwhelmed (adjective) – overloaded, beset, overburdened; swamped, engulfed, flooded, inundated.
29. redeem (verb) – exchange, convert, cash in; recover, get back.
30. pipe dream (noun) – false hope, daydream, unrealizable/unattainable dream.
31. premise on (phrasal verb) – be based on a particular idea/belief.
32. extraction (noun) – removal, taking out, drawing out, uprooting, obtaining (something with effort or force).
33. baulk (verb) – eschew, resist, refuse, be reluctant to, be unwilling to (to accept).
34. call (noun) – appeal, plea, demand, request.
35. masquerade (verb) – pretend, impersonate, disguise (oneself as).
36. environmentalism (noun) – a philosophy and a social movement that is about protecting nature. 
37. regulate (verb) – control, supervise, monitor, oversee.
38. go beyond (phrasal verb) – to do more than (something).
39. stall (verb) – obstruct, impede, hinder, hamper, thwart, interrupt, stop.
40. likely (adverb) – probable, possible, anticipated, expected.
41. reconvene (verb) –  to come/join together again.
42. get beyond (phrasal verb) – to move past something.
43. impasse (noun) – deadlock, stalemate, checkmate, stand-off.
44. side with (verb) – to support one person, group, opinion, etc.
45. averse (adjective) – reluctant, hesitant, resistant, unwilling, disinclined.
46. acknowledge (verb) – accept, recognize, realize.
47. indispensability (noun) – absolute necessity, vital importance, essential requirement, requisite.
48. ecology (noun) – the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment. The distributions, abundance and relations of organisms and their interactions with the environment.
49. on the wrong side of history (phrase) – having ideas or doing actions that are considered as not regressive.

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