The Hindu Opinion Article (Think climate change action, act glocal) – Jan 23, 2020

Almost everyone agrees that the recent global climate summit, the annual Conference of the Parties (COP25), held in Madrid in December 2019,… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Opinion Article (Think climate change action, act glocal) – Jan 23, 2020.

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Today’s Advanced Word List 2 For The Hindu Opinion Article (Think climate change action, act glocal) – Jan 23, 2020:

1. climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
2. stalemate (noun) – deadlock, impasse, standstill/stand-off.
3. multilateral (adjective) – involving many different countries (in which all WTO member countries are party to the agreement).
4. recalcitrant (adjective) – non-compliant, uncooperative, wilfully disobedient.
5. disavow (verb) – deny, disclaim, reject.
6. obligation (noun) – duty/responsibility.
7. anthropogenic (adjective) – referring to environmental change (like pollution) caused or influenced by people, either directly or indirectly.
8. severance (noun) – separation, disconnection, detachment.
9. unjust (adjective) – biased, prejudiced, unfair.
10. nudge (verb) – encourage, prompt, stimulate/coax.
11. activism (noun) – the policy of using vigorous campaigning to cause political or social change.
12. fossil fuel (noun) – non renewable resources (or fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are formed from the buried /deposited organic materials).
13. earnestly (adverb) – seriously, sincerely, resolutely/firmly.
14. relegate (verb) – downgrade, lower; degrade/reduce to.
15. ecosystem (noun) – living things, living beings.
16. biodiversity (noun) – the existence of a number and variety of species (plants & animals) in a particular geographic region/environment.
17. ecological (adjective) – relating to the branch of biology which studies the interactions among organisms and their environment.
18. bilateral (adjective) – involving two groups or countries.
19. synergy (noun) – collaboration, joint action, team work.
20. draw up (phrasal verb) – prepare, plan, arrange.
21. ought to (modal verb) – must, should.
22. fringe (adjective) – peripheral, unimportant, minor, inessential.
23. coal cess (noun) – a carbon tax on the production and importation of coal.
24. scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
25. add up to (phrasal verb) – comprise, equal, be equivalent to.
26. greenhouse gas (GHGs) (noun) – heat trapping gas; a gas (such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc) in the atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation, causing greenhouse effect and warming of Earth’s temperature. (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).
27. inventory (noun) – list, listing, register, directory (of goods in stock).
28. synchronize (verb) – be concurrent, happen together, occur together, happen simultaneously.
29. be part and parcel of (phrase) – be an important aspect/feature of.

Today’s Advanced Word List 2 For The Hindu Opinion Article (Think climate change action, act glocal) – Jan 23, 2020:

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