The Hindu Editorial (Beat the heat) – Apr 08, 2024

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The Hindu Editorial (Beat the heat) – Apr 08, 2024:

beat the heat (adjective) – to avoid the heat of summer; to make oneself cooler; to go to a place to stay cool; to stay cool.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) (noun) – an agency under the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India which is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. It has the responsibility for forecasting, naming and distributing warnings for tropical cyclones in the Northern Indian Ocean region, including the Malacca Straits, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
heatwave (noun) – (a long period of) hot weather, hotness, humidity.
advent (noun) – coming, emergence, arrival, appearance, rise.
likely (adverb) – possible, probable, to be expected, anticipated.
vulnerable (adjective) – in danger, in peril, endangered, unsafe, unprotected, ill-protected, undefended.
consecutive (adjective) – continuous, subsequent, straight, back-to-back.
on the trot (phrase) – in succession, one after the other, in a row, consecutively, successively
forecast (verb) – predict, indicate, project, prognosis, speculate, calculate (future events or trends).
multi-fold (adjective) – manifold; many/multiple.
El Nino (noun) – an unusual/abnormal warming of the waters across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific that lies closer to the Americas). La Niña means abnormal cooling.
El Nino (noun) – abnormal warming; A warming of the ocean surface, or above-average sea surface temperatures (SST), in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Over Indonesia, rainfall tends to become reduced while rainfall increases over the tropical Pacific Ocean.
La Niña (noun) – abnormal cooling. A cooling of the ocean surface, or below-average sea surface temperatures (SST), in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Over Indonesia, rainfall tends to increase while rainfall decreases over the central tropical Pacific Ocean.
dry up (phrasal verb) – dwindle, subside, disappear, wane, vanish, fade away.
elevated (adjective) – increased, raised.
converse (noun) – opposite, inverse, contrary, flip side.
cyclical (adjective) – regular, recurrent, repeated.
phenomenon (noun) – incident, occurrence, happening, situation.
accelerate (verb) – increase, rise, escalate.
the drying up (noun) – the disappearing, waning, vanishing, dwindling.
-laden (adjective/suffix) – loaded, filled with.
moisture-laden (adjective) – filled with moisture.
tropical storm (noun) – hurricane, typhoon, cyclone; depression.
depression (noun) – a synoptic (short) scale tropical disturbance which forms in the monsoon circulation regime. It refers to low pressure system; It is an important rain producing system of monsoon period.
consequently (adverb) – as a result, accordingly, for this/that reason, thus.
bake (verb) – sear, burn, scorch, parch, dry (up).
portentous (adjective) – threatening, unfavourable, warning.
queue up (phrasal verb) – stand in line, form a queue, line up, form lines.
dehydration (noun) – the loss of too much water in the body.
in fact (phrase) – actually, in actuality, really, in reality, indeed.
brave (verb) – endure, put up with, withstand, weather, stand up to, go through.
unfold (verb) – happen, occur, take place, transpire.
highlight (verb) – emphasise, underscore, underline, stress, call/draw attention to.
disregard (noun) – inactivity, passivity, apathy, negligence, inaction.
machinery (noun) – system, structure, administration, institution.
accord (verb) – give, grant, present, confer on.
public health (noun) – the branch of medicine handling public health; public health is also the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury prevention.
for instance (phrase) – for example.
advisory (noun) – official communication, official announcement message, statement, report.
amid (preposition) – in the middle of, surrounded by; during.
blistering (adjective) – extremely hot; scorching, searing, flaming, blazing, burning.
generic (adjective) – (in general) general, common, collective, all-inclusive, all-encompassing, comprehensive.
perfunctory (adjective) – relating to something (an action) done without much attention/concern/interest/effort; casual, token, routine, automatic, cursory, inattentive, incurious, standard; quick, rapid, brief.
oral (adjective) – taken by the mouth.
rehydration (noun) – the process of restoring lost water (dehydration) to the body tissues and fluids.
supplement (noun) – a product that is added to the diet.
prioritise (verb) – make a point of, highlight, call attention to (something as very important).
confines (noun) – limits, borders, boundaries.
relatively (adverb) – comparatively, somewhat, reasonably, in a certain degree, more or less.
clement (adjective) – mild and pleasant, soft, temperate, moderate .
inclement (adjective) – bad, severe, extreme, harsh, adverse; rainy, snowy, windy, stormy.
lose traction (phrase) – it to refer to something that is becoming less popular, relevant, successful, or influential.
logistical (adjective) – relating to organization and planning of something.
adopt (verb) – agree, accept, support, embrace, ratify
measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
ballot (noun) – the piece of paper used to record a vote.
ballot (noun) – vote, poll.
explicit (adjective) – clear, straightforward, clear-cut, definite, specific, distinct, unequivocal, categorical, easily understandable.
mull over (phrasal verb) – think about, think over, ponder, consider, contemplate, give thought to, deliberate, reflect on.
account for (phrasal verb) – to give a reason/explanation for (something); to explain the reason/cause for something.