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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (A delicate balance)

– Oct 09, 2019:

1. eye (verb) – look at with interest, observe/view, contemplate.

2. rigour (noun) – carefulness, diligence, attention to detail.
3. put together (phrasal verb) – assemble, organize, arrange.
4. (all) over again (phrase) – from the beginning for a second time.
5. sober (verb) – make more serious, make someone stop and think, give someone pause
for thought.
6. centre-right (adjective) – moderately right-wing (party).
7. forge (verb) – establish, form, create. X

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8. anti-capitalist (adjective) – left-wing, opposed to capitalism (private enterprise/private

ownership).
9. hold on to (phrasal verb) – keep possession of, retain, not give away.
10. arithmetic (noun) – calculation, reckoning, tally.
11. leverage (noun) – advantage, control, dominance, edge/weight.
12. geringonça (noun) – contraption.
13. unlikely (adjective) – questionable, unconvincing; doubtful, unexpected.
14. contraption (noun) – mechanism, apparatus, machine/device.
15. back (verb) – support, endorse, uphold.
16. austerity (noun) – dif cult economic crisis/ nancial distress. It is a political-economic
term referring to policies that aim to reduce government budget de cits through
spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both.
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17. markedly (adverb) – signi cantly, noticeably, clearly.

18. scal discipline (noun) – the ability of government to balance revenues and
expenditures.
19. cushion (verb) – mitigate, lessen, reduce (the adverse effects of).
20. recession (noun) – economic decline, downturn, slowdown.
21. scal de cit (noun) – the difference between total expenditure and total income of the
government.
22. stance (noun) – point of view, opinion, standpoint.
23. advocate (verb) – support, champion, uphold.
24. roll-back (noun) – reduction, cut/decrease, trimming.
25. global warming (noun) – it is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface
temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released as
people burn fossil fuels.
26. assertive (adjective) – con dent, positive, decisive.
27. impasse (noun) – deadlock, stalemate, stand-off.
28. eschew (verb) – abstain from, refrain from, give up.
29. punitive (adjective) – disciplinary, corrective, retributive; in retaliation.
30. assuage (verb) – relieve, alleviate, moderate.
31. anti-austerity (adjective) – relating to the party/group who protest and campaign (at
grassroots) across various countries. it is due to a dif cult economic situation caused
by a government to reduce public expenditure or increase tax structure in order to 
decrease growing budget de cits.
32. drive (noun) – campaign, movement, effort, push/appeal.
33. woefully (adverb) – very badly; deplorably, unluckily, sadly/regrettably
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34. deadlock (noun) – stalemate, stand-off, impasse.

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35. avert (verb) – prevent, stop, avoid.

36. at any cost (phrase) – regardless of the effort needed.
37. plaudits (noun) – praise/acclaim, kudos, commendation.
38. rectitude (noun) – principle, moral virtue, morality, integrity.

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