The Hindu Editorial (Uncertain times) – Apr 26, 2019
The oil market is in ferment once again with a great deal of uncertainty over supplies. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Uncertain times) – Apr 26, 2019.
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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Uncertain times) – Apr 26, 2019:
- diversify (verb) – enlarge/expand, widen, branch out.
- ferment (noun) – furore, agitation, disruption/confusion.
- a great deal of (phrase) – a lot, a great amount; to a considerable extent.
- uncertainty (noun) – unpredictability, unreliability, unsureness.
- Brent crude (noun) – a classification of crude oil produced from the oil platform in the North Sea.
- adversely (adverb) – unfavourably, disadvantageously, badly.
- current account deficit (noun) – The amount by which money relating to trade, investment etc going out of a country is more than the amount coming in.
- fiscal deficit (noun) – the difference between total expenditure and total income of the government.
- inflation (noun) – simply meaning “cost of living”; increase of price level of goods & services and vice versa decrease of currency value.
- narrow (verb) – diminish, decrease, reduce.
- going forward (phrase) – from now on, in the future.
- benign (adjective) – mild, favourable/advantageous, beneficial.
- acceleration (noun) – increase, rise, surge/escalation.
- tie hands (phrase) – restrict/restrain, prevent, limit.
- secular (adjective) – relating to a fluctuation/trend happening slowly over a long period of time.
- shale (noun) – shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock in which natural gas is trapped underground.
- put a lid on something (phrase) – to keep something under control; to stop something from increasing.
- be torn past participle of tear (verb) – torment, torture; be in a state of uncertainty.
- lucrative (adjective) – profitable, gainful/rewarding, remunerative.
- volatile (adjective) – unpredictable/unsettled, unsteady, turbulent/tense.
- renewable energy (noun) – energy generated from the natural resources (such as water, wind, solar energy).
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