The Hindu Editorial (The heat is on) – Apr 08, 2019

A forecast of a below average monsoon in 2019, after last year’s erratic rainfall that flooded Kerala and crippled agriculture in eastern and western States, is a cause for worry. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (The heat is on) – Apr 08, 2019.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (The heat is on) – Apr 08, 2019:

draw up (phrasal verb) – prepare, formulate, arrange.
heat stress (noun) – heat stress occurs when our body is unable to cool itself enough to maintain a healthy temperature (due temperatures over 90 degrees, sun exposure, or high humidity).
scarcity (noun) – shortage, deficiency, insufficiency.
forecast (noun) – prediction, indication, projection.
erratic (adjective) – irregular, unsteady, unreliable.
cripple (verb) – ruin, destroy, wipe out.
prospect (noun) – possibilities, potential, chances/opportunities.
El Nino (noun) – abnormal warming (of the Equatorial East of the Pacific that lies closer to the Americas). La Niña means abnormal cooling.
drought (noun) – lack/dry spell, lack of rain, shortage of water.
take hold (phrase) – begin to have an effect.
dipole (adjective) – two “poles” or two areas of differences.
Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) (noun) – it is defined by the difference in the sea surface temperature between the two equatorial areas of the Indian Ocean – a western pole near the Arabian Sea (in western Indian Ocean) and an eastern pole closer to the Bay of Bengal (in eastern Indian Ocean). The IOD affects the climate of Southeast Asia, Australia and other countries across the Indian Ocean.
phenomenon (noun) – occurrence, event, happening.
render (verb) – give, provide; show display.
fraught with (adjective) – full of, filled with.
uncertainty (noun) – unpredictability, unreliability, unsureness.
spike (noun) – a sharp rise/increase of something.
drill (adjective) – training, instruction, coaching.
dehydration (noun) – the loss of too much water in the body.
hydrate (verb) – to make the body absorb water.
disseminate (verb) – spread, circulate, propagate.
appreh ension (noun) – concern, doubt/qualm, misgiving.
relegate (verb) – downgrade, lower; degrade/reduce to.
heat wave (noun) – (a long period of) hot weather, hotness, humidity.
backburner (noun) – delayed consideration of an action; A state of being postponed, deferred or given lower priority.
institute (verb) – set/put in, establish, begin/start.
remedial (adjective) – restorative, reparative, corrective.
mitigate (adjective) – lessen, reduce, alleviate.
look at (verb) – regard, consider, think of.
decentralized (adjective) – relating to the authority/power/control transferred to the states from central (government).
water-harvesting (noun) – the accumulation and storage of rainwater for reuse.
aquifer (noun) – an underground layer of water-bearing rock.
irrigation (noun) – the process of (artificially) supplying water to farm land to grow crops & plants.
resilience (noun) – strength, toughness; the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties.