The Hindu Editorial (Ramping up supply) – Jul 15, 2021

Less than a month after the Centre revised its vaccination policy and took over the responsibility of vaccine procurement from the States, old worries of a supply constraint appear to have resurfaced. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Ramping up supply) – Jul 15, 2021.

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The Hindu Editorial (Ramping up supply) – Jul 15, 2021:

ramp up (phrasal verb) – increase (in amount or number).
vaccination (noun) – treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease; immunization.
woes (noun) – trouble, difficulty, problem.
spike (noun) – a sharp rise/increase of something.
dip (noun) – decrease, decline, reduction, slump.
guard against (verb) – beware of, keep watch for, be alert to.
slackening (noun) – slowing down, easing off, reduction, deceleration, diminishing, lessening.
take over (phrasal verb) – assume responsibility of, take control of, take charge of.
vaccine (noun) – a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
procurement (noun) – the action of procuring/purchasing/buying something.
constraint (noun) – restriction, limitation, restraint.
resurface (verb) – reappear, reemerge, return, recur, come out again, arise again.
CoWIN (noun) – a digital platform (app) developed by Union Health Ministry, India to help monitor the entire COVID-19 vaccination process in India.
dose (noun) – an amount/quantity of something.
administer (verb) – dispense, provide, give, apply (a drug/vaccine).
dispense (verb) – distribute, hand out, allocate, supply, provide.
move (noun) – initiative, step, action.
administration (noun) – management, handling, controlling something (or) an act of dispensing, providing, giving, applying (a drug/vaccine).
chaotic (adjective) – confused, disrupted, tumultuous, disorganized.
roil (verb) – make irritated, make annoyed.
unprecedented (adjective) – not done or experienced before.
ferocity (noun) – intensity, severity, strength.
surge (noun) – sudden increase or rise of something.
underestimation (noun) – a rough calculation (that is too low).
heady (adjective) – exciting, thrilling, stimulating, invigorating, galvanizing.
norm (noun) – standard, convention, (the) usual/normal.
vaccinate (verb) – inoculate, administer, introduce (with a vaccine to provide immunity against a disease).
inoculate (verb) – to inject/introduce a vaccine into the body of someone to produce immunity to a particular disease; immunize, vaccinate.
slip (verb) – decrease, drop, decline, slump, tumble, plunge, plummet.
slackening (adjective) – slowing, reducing, decelerating, diminishing, lessening.
stated (adjective) – claimed, official; agreed, declared.
apparent (adjective) – evident/clear, visible, noticeable, recognizable.
uptick (noun) – a small increase or upward trend.
acceleration (noun) – increase, rise (in number).
fraction (noun) – proportion, portion, part, percentage.
better off (phrase) – in a more advantageous position.
far from (phrase) – not, not at all.
out of the woods (phrase) – out of difficulty.
near-normalise (verb) – return to a near-normal condition.
onus (noun) – responsibility, duty; burden, liability, obligation.
address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.
Covaxin (noun) – India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate (COVAXIN) developed by a Hyderabad-based company (Bharat Biotech) in collaboration with the ICMR (The Indian Council of Medical Research).
voice (verb) – express, make public, announce, mention.
preparedness (noun) – readiness.
entail (verb) – necessitate, make necessary, require.
aggressive (adjective) – forceful, insistent, vigorous, energetic.
publicity (noun as modifier) – public attention, public notice.
measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
campaign (noun) – an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group.
boost (verb) – increase, improve, encourage.
spruce up (verb) – make smarter/neater, clean up, make tidy, put in order.