The Hindu Editorial (Fear isn’t the key) – Aug 16, 2018

India’s stock markets are booming, with the BSE Sensex touching new highs. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Fear isn’t the key) – Aug 16, 2018.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Fear isn’t the key) – Aug 16, 2018:

1. overreach (noun) – an act of trying to do too much.
2. booming (verb) – flourishing, burgeoning, prospering.
3. front-running (noun) – a practice in which a trader taking advantage of advance knowledge (of orders) before placing orders on a stock or a commodity.
4. insider trading (noun) – it is defined as any confidential price-sensitive knowledge and data that can provide an unfair advantage when buying and selling shares of a publicly traded company.
5. shady (adjective) – suspicious, dubious, illegal.
6. tantamount to (adjective) – equivalent to, amounting to, comparable to.
7. window-dressing (noun) – an act of presenting something outwardly attractive to get favourable impression.
8. shenanigans (plural noun) – double-dealing, dishonesty, cheating/mischief.
9. manipulate (verb) – exploit/influence, manoeuvre, engineer.
10. watchdog (noun) – inspector/supervisor, observer, ombudsman.
11. perpetrator (noun) – someone who does immoral, harmful and illegal activities.
12. extant (adjective) – still existing, present, current.
13. abet (verb) – encourage, support, assist/help.
14. immunity (noun) – protection, exception, exemption, special treatment.
15. whistle-blower (noun) – one who reveals others’ illegal activities in public or to the government/authority.
16. moot (verb) – put forward, propose, suggest (an idea).
17. manipulation (noun) – manoeuvre, stratagem, intrigue/ploy.
18. expedite (verb) – speed up, accelerate, hurry.
19. swifter (comparative adjective) – swift (adjective) – prompt, rapid/sudden, fast.
20. ostensibly (adverb) – apparently or seemingly.
21. manifestation (noun) – display, indication, exhibition/presentation.
22. nuance (noun) – fine distinction, subtle difference, variation.
23. entail (verb) – cause, result in, produce.
24. deterrent (adjective) – relating to something which is aimed/intended to deter (stop/prevent) something else.
25. truant (verb) – be absent, stay away.
26. scare away/off (phrasal verb) – drive away/off, drive out, put to flight, send away.
27. money-laundering (noun) – a secret act of moving illegally acquired funds into legal bank accounts or investments.
28. hasty (adjective) – quick, hurried, fast.
29. undue (adjective) – excessive, extreme, immoderate.
30. teeth (noun) – genuine power.
31. empower (verb) – authorize, allow, entitle.
32. sledgehammer (modifier) – powerful; forceful; ruthless (tool).
33. a tough/hard nut to crack (phrase) – a situation or person which is difficult to deal with or understand.

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