The Hindu Editorial (Deepening slowdown) – Mar 04, 2019

The abrupt end of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi is clearly a setback to… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Deepening slowdown) – Mar 04, 2019.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Deepening slowdown) – Mar 04, 2019:

slowdown (noun) – economic decline, recession, slump/depression.
disconcertingly (adverb) – discomfitingly, unsettlingly, disturbingly.
forecast (verb) – predict, foretell/foresee, expect.
implicitly (adverb) – completely, absolutely, totally.
peg at (verb) – fix, set, (the price, rate, etc) at a specific level.
incumbent (adjective) – current, existing, present.
pain point (noun) – pain spot; a problem/ an issue.
gross value added (GVA) (noun) – it is a measure of total output and income in the economy. It provides the rupee value for the amount of goods and services produced in an economy after deducting the cost of inputs and raw materials that have gone into the production of those goods and services. It also gives sector-specific picture like what is the growth in an area, industry or sector of an economy. On the other hand, GDP or gross domestic product is a measure of economic activity in a country. It is the total value of a country’s annual output of goods and service.
rabi crops (noun) – winter crops; seeds sowing in the beginning (Nov) of the winter and harvesting at the end of the season (Apr) in the South Asia.
kharif crops (noun) – monsoon crops; seeds sowing in the beginning (Jun) of the monsoon and harvesting at the end of the season (Oct) in the South Asia.
sowing (noun) – planting the seeds of a crop.
shortfall (noun) – deficiency, inadequacy, scarcity.
abiding (adjective) – continuing, persisting, fixed/permanent.
revival (noun) – improvement, betterment; restoration.
dog (verb) – trouble, disturb, worry.
hinterland (noun) – remote areas of a country away from the coastal areas/the banks of major rivers.
consumption spending/expenditure (noun) – the spending by households on goods and services, excluding new housing.
appreciably (adverb) – considerably, substantially, significantly.
deceleration (noun) – deceleration is the rate at which something slows down; it is the opposite of acceleration.
Index of Industrial Production (IIP) (noun) – a composite (combined/complex) indicator that measures the changes in the volume of production of a basket of industrial products during a given period with respect to the volume of production in a chosen base period.
optimism (noun) – hopefulness, confidence, positiveness.
bolster (verb) – strengthen, support/boost, reinforce/buttress.
becalmed (adjective) – at a standstill, at a halt, unmoving; stranded/stuck.
disquiet (noun) – distress, unease, worry/concern.
notwithstanding (adverb) – nevertheless/nonetheless; anyway, in any event, at any rate.
boil (noun) – the state of great activity.
loom (verb) – be imminent/close, about to happen, impend/threaten.
horizon (noun) – outlook, purview, perspective.
fiscal freedom/leeway (noun) – a composite measure of the burden of taxes that reflects both marginal tax rates and the overall level of taxation, including direct and indirect taxes imposed by all levels of government, as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
tease (verb) – provoke, prompt, goad.