2022 March 18 Hindu Vocabulary
1. The comments from the senior official indicated the government has adopted a pragmatic approach in this matter and is likely to forge ahead.
Pragmatic[adj]: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
Forge ahead [phrasal verb]: take the lead or make good progress.
2. The policy decision, it appears, is part of India’s plans to ensure energy security as the oil and gas market continues to witness volatility in the backdrop of European developments of the past few weeks.
Volatility[n]: liability to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse
3. Russian forces were no longer making progress on the ground owing to staunch resistance from Ukraine.
Staunch[adj]:very loyal and committed in attitude.
4. Mr. Mann said that 99% of people were honest, but the system crumbled due to the 1%.
Crumble[v]: Deteriorate
5. Karnataka to take a call on second chance for those who skipped exam.
Take call [Ph.V]: take decision
6. The prosecution had claimed that the group was formed to kill persons belonging to the Muslim community and to vandalise their properties.
Vandalise[v]: deliberately destroy or damage (public or private property).
7. Mamata flays ECI for Bengal bypoll dates.
Flay[v]: criticize severely and brutally.
8. The party won 92 of the 117 seats, overthrowing the feudal families that have held the State in a vice grip, even as its people plunged into desperation and hopelessness.
Vice Grip[]:a very firm hold
Plunge[n]: Fall
9. Its farm sector is flailing, in economic and ecological terms.
Flail[v]: struggle uselessly
10. Its youth are leaving in hordes, and drug abuse continues to corrode society.
Corrode[v]: destroy or weaken (something) gradually.
11. If children have been found to be much less likely to suffer from severe disease and death, the high seroprevalence in this age group even before the third wave makes it even harder to fathom the urgency shown by the Government to vaccinate this subset of children.
Fathom[v]: understand; make sense of
12. Evidence-based policy making should not be jettisoned even if, or rather especially if, a pandemic is raging.
Jettison[v]: abandon or discard (someone or something that is no longer wanted).
13. It is tragicomic that a matter that is of seminal importance — a veritable transmogrification of the Railways — should be the subject of second guessing, conjecture and speculation, in the absence of clearly enunciated policy.
Seminal[adj]: influential
Veritable[adj]: You can use veritable to emphasize the size, amount, or nature of something.
Transmogrification[v]: transform in a surprising or magical manner.
Conjecture[n]: an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
Enunciate[v]: express (a proposition, theory, etc.) in clear or definite terms.
14. The ostensible reason for this tectonic shift was to curb the scourge of “departmentalism” that was seen to hamper optimum decision making and the smooth working of the Railways.
Ostensible[adj]: apparent
Tectonic[adj]: (of a change or development) very significant or considerable.
Scourge[n]: a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.
15. Whatever strained bonhomie was established melted in a second.
Bonhomie[n]: cheerful friendliness
