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The Hindu Editorial (Faint glimmer) – Jun 14, 2019

The Hindu Editorial (Faint glimmer) – Jun 14, 2019

Industrial activity in the new financial year appears to have started on a healthier note than the trend witnessed… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Faint glimmer) – Jun 14, 2019.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Faint glimmer) – Jun 14, 2019:

  1. glimmer (noun) – (a faint) sign, trace/ray, hint (of light/hope).
  2. revival (noun) – improvement, advance, restoration/comeback.
  3. build on (phrasal verb) – establish, set up, form.
  4. prudent (adjective) – wise, sensible, careful/ far-sighted.
  5. buoy (verb) – encourage, stimulate, give strength to.
  6. fiscal (noun) – financial year.
  7. broad-based (adjective) – wide-ranging, general.
  8. listless (adjective) -slow, lethargic/sluggish; lifeless/spiritless.
  9. decelerate (verb) – slow down, reduce speed, slack up.
  10. rebound (verb) – recover, rally, pick up.
  11. territory (noun) – an area of activity, field, sphere, preserve.
  12. slowdown (noun) – (economic) decline, downturn/recession, slump/depression.
  13. hearteningly (adverb) – encouragingly, hopefully, favourably/promisingly.
  14. proxy (noun) – a number used to indicate the value of something in calculation.
  15. snap (out of) (verb) – recover, regain, get over/overcome.
  16. contraction (noun) – decline, decrease, reduction/shrinking.
  17. trail (verb) – lag behind, fall behind, lose.
  18. premature (adjective) – untimely, early, too soon/too early.
  19. reading (noun) – record, figure, indication, measurement.
  20. abiding (adjective) – long-lasting, permanent, stable.
  21. unveil (verb) – present, announce, disclose/make public.
  22. acceleration (noun) – increase, rise, surge/escalation.
  23. headline (retail) inflation (noun) – it is a measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commodities such as food and energy prices (e.g., oil and gas).
  24. consumer price index (CPI) (noun) – a monthly measurement of prices for most household goods and services.
  25. quicken (verb) – speed up, accelerate, step up.
  26. bump-up (noun) – sudden increase/rise (of something).
  27. inflation (noun) – simply meaning “cost of living”; increase of price level of goods & services and vice versa decrease of currency value.
  28. flag (verb) – indicate, identify, point out.
  29. trajectory (noun) – course, route, path.
  30. spike (noun) – a sharp rise/increase of something.
  31. threshold (noun) – lower limit, starting point, the level (to react to something).
  32. keep a watch (phrase) – to protect/ lookout/guard something through close observation.
  33. volatile (adjective) – unpredictable/unsettled, unsteady, turbulent/tense.
  34. amid (preposition) – in the middle of, surrounded by; during.
  35. heightened (adjective) – increased, amplified, intensified.
  36. outlook (noun) – prospects, expectations, hopes.
  37. owing to (phrase) – because of, as a result of, on account of.
  38. trade spat/war (noun) – a condition in which a country increase tariffs on foreign goods and impose quota restrictions to restrict other countries’ trade.
  39. forecast (verb) – predict, foretell/foresee, expect.
  40. spatial distribution (noun) – it refers to how resources, activities, human demographics or features of the landscape are arranged across the surface of the Earth.
  41. have a bearing on (phrase) – have a relevance/relation to something.
  42. incentive (noun) – stimulus, impetus, boost.
  43. nascent (adjective) – just beginning, developing, burgeoning.
  44. tick all the boxes (verb) – fulfil/satisfy all essential requirements.
  45. (all) at one go (phrase) – at the same time, simultaneously.

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