The Hindu Editorial (Flood feud) – Jul 17, 2023

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The Hindu Editorial (Flood feud) – Jul 17, 2023:

feud (noun) – argument, dispute, disagreement, quarrel, row, fight, squabble, difference of opinion.
evolve (verb) – develop, adapt (gradually).
strategy (noun) – plan of action (in order to achieve a more expansive set of political, economic, and security interests).
combat (verb) – counter, tackle, confront, prevent.
devastating (adjective) – destructive, disastrous, ruinous, catastrophic, damaging.
renewed (adjective) – restored, restarted, resumed, re-established.
attention (noun) – notice, heed, concentration, attentiveness, consideration, observation.
dynamics (noun) – basic/fundamental cause or force that triggers change within a system.
climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth
urbanisation (noun) – a process of creating urban areas. It is a result of population migration from rural areas in addition to natural urban demographic growth.
infrastructural (adjective) – relating to the basic physical or organisational structure or framework that a country or organization needs in order to function properly. For a whole nation, it includes all the physical systems such as buildings, roads & railways networks, utilities, etc.
lacunae (plural of) lacuna (noun) – a gap/empty space; missing part of something.
bedevil (verb) – afflict, torment, trouble, harass, persecute.
given (preposition) – considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
topography (noun) – landscape/terrain, surroundings, environment.
landslip (noun) – another name for landslide, mudslide, earthfall.
landslide (noun) – a landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope. Landslides are a type of “mass wasting,” which denotes any down-slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity; landslip, rockfall, mudslide, earthfall/slip.
pose (verb) – constitute, present, create, cause (a problem or danger or risk).
toll (noun) – number, count, total (number of deaths).
inundation (noun) – flooding, flood water, covering/flooding with water.
lie (verb) – be present, exist.
in store (phrase) – about to happen.
lie in store (phrase) – be coming to happen in the future; be waiting to happen.
terminology (noun) – terms, expressions, words, language, parlance.
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.
iconic (adjective) – popular, famous, prominent; glorious, renowned, remarkable.
landmark (noun as modifier) – historical monument.
officials (noun) – authorities, officialdom, the people in charge, the government, the administration, the establishment, the bureaucracy, the system.
attribute (verb) – ascribe, assign, connect/associate with.
upstream (adjective) – situated in the direction opposite to the flow (of a river).
barrage (noun) – a barrier built across a river for diversion of water for useful purposes such as irrigation, water supply etc.; dam, embankment, barrier.
elide (verb) – leave out, exclude, fail to include.
short shrift (noun) – no or little time/attention given to something; no attention, little attention, no consideration, quick dismissal.
give short shrift (phrase) – pay no/little attention to something.
floodplain (noun) – a flat area of land next to a river or stream that is often flooded when the river becomes too full.
desilt (verb) – remove silt/sediment/mud from the water (of a lake/pond/etc).
scrimp (verb) – save, cut back, be (more) economical, be thrifty; reduce costs or spending.
concretisation (noun) – the process of making something concrete (cement); concretisation is suffocating trees and greens and turning the city into an urban heat island with extremely low ground water and threats of floods looming large in monsoons due to surface run-off.
silt (noun) – sediment, mud, remains/deposited earth.
point to (verb) – indicate, signify, represent.
probability (noun) – chance, possibility, ikelihood, probable event.
spell (noun) – short period/time.
far more (phrase) – much more.
immune (adjective) – resistant, not subject, not liable (from the effects of something); freed from, absolved from, released from, excused from, relieved of, spared from, excepted from, exempted from.
National Capital Territory (noun) – The name Delhi also refers to the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), which is a special union territory jointly administered by the Central government, the NCT elected government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi. (The three existing civic bodies, East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC), North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) are re-unified into a single entity on 22nd day of May, 2022 as Municipal Corporation of Delhi).
interdependent (adjective) – dependent on each other; supportive.
set aside (phrasal verb) – put aside, forget, disregard, ignore, overlook, discount, forgo, brush off, shrug off.
difference (noun) – disagreement, difference of opinion, quarrel, dispute, argument.