The Hindu Editorial (Caught napping) – Jun 06, 2019
A year after Kerala’s prompt action quickly brought the deadly Nipah virus infection outbreak under check in two districts (Kozhikode and Malappuram),… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Caught napping) – Jun 06, 2019.
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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Caught napping) – Jun 06, 2019:
- catch napping (phrase) – catch off guard, find unprepared, take by surprise.
- outbreak (noun) – outburst, epidemic, sudden appearance/occurrence.
- make up (phrasal verb) – compensate for, atone for; offset, balance/counterbalance.
- Nipah virus (noun) – a zoonotic virus (it is transmitted from animals to humans) and can also be transmitted through contaminated food or directly between people.
- check (noun) – control, restraint, limitation.
- alacrity (noun) – eagerness, willingness, readiness.
- await (verb) – wait for, expect, look for.
- set up (phrasal verb) – arrange, organize, sort out.
- come into contact with (phrase) – to touch someone unknowingly.
- exhibit (verb) – show as a symptom.
- reportedly (adverb) – supposedly, seemingly, apparently.
- mortality (noun) – (in a particular time/for a cause) the rate of death.
- index case (noun) – the first (diagnosed) case.
- take someone by surprise (phrase) – surprise, shock, stun/astonish.
- recurrence (noun) – reappearance, repetition, return.
- fruit bat (noun) – a large flying mammal (with large wings) that eats fruit and lives in hot countries; it is also called as flying fox.
- candidate (noun) – prospect, possibility.
- undertake (verb) – commit oneself pledge/vow, guarantee/assure.
- surveillance (noun) – observation, scrutiny, inspection.
- up and running (phrase) – functioning, operative, in use.
- pathogen (noun) – bacteria/virus, that causes disease.
- lag behind (phrasal verb) – trail, fall back, grow/develop slowly.
- front (noun) – aspect, side, thing.
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