The Hindu Editorial (Winter bear hug) – Dec 27, 2018
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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Winter bear hug) – Dec 27, 2018
- bear hug (noun) – tight control, squeeze (a strong financial pressure); a takeover or acquisition bid/offer/strategy that is potentially so attractive (or much higher value of target company) to its shareholders.
- gauge (noun) – measure, index, indicator.
- live up to (phrasal verb) – fulfil, satisfy, achieve/be equal to.
- teeter (verb) – stagger, fluctuate, oscillate.
- intra- (prefix) – within.
- bear market (noun) – a share/financial market in which share prices are falling (or) are expected to fail/decline over a period of time. A “bear market” is any time period where stocks are declining in value.
- slump (noun) – failure or decline.
- colloquially (adverb) – informally, familiarly, unofficially.
- in the midst of (phrase) – in the middle of.
- interpret (verb) – understand, construe, explain/regard.
- brew (verb) – (of an unwelcome situation) begin to develop, loom, impend.
- it is no surprise (phrase) – as expected, as anticipated, as predicted.
- uptrend (noun) – an upward tendency.
- go past (phrasal verb) – exceed, surpass, be greater than.
- Federal Reserve (US) (noun) – the central banking system of the United States (The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India’s central banking institution).
- stick to (phrasal verb) – adhere to/abide by, keep, hold to.
- inflation (noun) – increase of price level of goods & services & vice versa decrease of currency value.
- derail (verb) – destroy, put an end to, be the end of.
- robust (adjective) – powerful, strong, vigorous.
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