The Hindu Editorial (Tragedy on the tracks) – May 11, 2020
The tragedy of 16 strewn bodies on a railway track in Maharashtra on Friday morning has been in the making for weeks now. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Tragedy on the tracks) – May 11, 2020.
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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Tragedy on the tracks) – May 11, 2020
- strewn (adjective) – scattered (disorderly).
- in the making (phrase) – burgeoning, developing, growing, up and coming.
- flip-flop (noun) – a sudden reversal of something, particularly a policy/plan.
- facilitate (verb) – make easier, make possible; assist, help, aid.
- lockdown (noun) – an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from a place; An extended state of confinement/encirclement/isolation of a person by the authority.
- derail (verb) – obstruct, interrupt, impede/thwart.
- livelihood (noun) – means of making a living with the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing); means of support, subsistence, source of income.
- inability (noun) – lack of ability, incapability, ineffectiveness.
- protocol (noun) – procedure, rules, system of rules, method.
- every step of the way (phrase) – continuously, constantly, invariably; during the entire process.
- put through (phrasal verb) – subject to, experience, go through (an unpleasant/difficult situation).
- hardship (noun) – distress, trouble, misfortune, suffering.
- aggravate (verb) – made serious/severe, worsen, compound, exacerbate, enrage.
- lack of (noun) – absence, deficiency, insufficiency, shortage.
- incompetence (noun) – inability, incapability, ineptitude, lack of skill/ability.
- sight (noun) – view, glimpse, seeing.
- stream (noun) – a large number of people (crowd) moving continuously in a particular direction.
- toddler (noun) – a young child.
- the infirm (plural noun) – weak, feeble, unwell/ailing people.
- indelible (adjective) – permanent, lasting, inerasable.
- inept (adjective) – unsuccessful, ineffectual, incompetent, clumsy.
- circumstances (noun) – situation, conditions, state of affairs.
- take into account (phrase) – consider, bear in mind, take account of.
- at any costs (phrase) – regardless of the effort needed.
- take to (phrasal verb) – resort to, turn to, have recourse to, start.
- spare no effort (phrase) – pull out all the stops, to make every effort to succeed; to do everything possible, try hard to achieve something.
- make out (phrasal verb) – distinguish, recognize, discern.
- spectacle (noun) – display, sight, view.
- make a spectacle of oneself (phrase) – to behave embarrassingly (badly) in public.
- unfold (verb) – occur, happen, take place.
- pestilence (noun) – disease, epidemic/pandemic, infection.
- tailspin (noun) – a situation in which something begins to perform badly or to fail and becomes out of control; (emotional) collapse due to rapidly increasing chaos or panic; uncontrollable decline, downturn, breakdown.
- catch napping (phrase) – catch off guard, find unprepared, take by surprise.
- at best (phrase) – simply, merely, only.
- tenuous (adjective) – weak, fragile, shaky; insubstantial, unspecific, indefinite.
- slumber (noun) – sleep, nap, rest, drowse/doze.
- ferry (verb) – transport.
- stranded (adjective) – stuck (in difficulties), helpless, abandoned, deserted.
- starving (adjective) – deprived of food, dying of hunger.
- workforce (noun) – workers, employees.
- reign (verb) – exist, be present, prevail, be in effect, be the case.
- onerous (adjective) – burdensome, difficult, tough, troublesome, stressful.
- heap on (verb) – load on, to provide a lot of something (to somebody).
- hapless (adjective) – unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated.
- get by (phrasal verb) – survive, manage, cope, exist, subsist (stay alive with difficulty).
- at/in the best of times (phrase) – in the most advantageous situations.
- arbitrarily (adverb) – unreasonably, illogically; autocratically.
- humiliation (noun) – embarrassment, discomfiture, disgrace, insult/offence.
- desperate (adjective) – despairing, hopeless, anguished, distressed.
- venture (verb) – undertake a risky journey; dare to do something.
- get home (phrase) – to return to one’s home; to arrive at one’s home.
- map out (phrasal verb) – outline, set out, detail.
- orderly (adjective) – systematic, methodical, organized/planned.
- pay the price/cost (phrase) – experience the bad/unpleasant result of something; sacrifice, loss.
- mitigate (verb) – reduce, lessen, decrease, make less severe.
- just (adjective) – fair, equitable, impartial.
- in one’s tracks (phrase) – suddenly.
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