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The Hindu Editorial (Climate for action) – Sep 25, 2019

The Hindu Editorial (Climate for action) – Sep 25, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertive stance on the need for all countries to walk the talk on climate change action… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Climate for action) – Sep 25, 2019.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Climate for action) – Sep 25, 2019:

  1. call for (phrasal verb) – require, publicly ask/necessitate, demand.
  2. climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
  3. assertive (adjective) – confident, positive, decisive.
  4. walk the talk (phrase) – to do the things you have said you would do.
  5. the spotlight (noun) – the public attention, the focus of public/media interest.
  6. pledge (verb) – promise, swear, vow
  7. Paris Agreement/Accord (noun) – The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention (agreement) and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so.
  8. greenhouse gas (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).
  9. unenviable (adjective) – difficult, undesirable, unpleasant.
  10. reconcile (verb) – settle, resolve, patch up, accept.
  11. imperative (noun) – necessary condition, precondition, requirement.
  12. scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
  13. renewable energy (noun) – energy generated from the natural resources (such as water, wind, solar energy)
  14. irony (noun) – paradox, incongruity, peculiarity.
  15. open up (phrasal verb) – start to develop.
  16. foreign direct investment (FDI) (noun) – Investment from one country into another (normally by companies rather than governments) that involves establishing operations or acquiring tangible assets, including stakes in other businesses.
  17. be lost on (phrase) – fail to be noticed.
  18. divest (verb) – deprive of, strip of, dispossess/relieve of (power).
  19. mobility (noun) – transportability.
  20. come up with (phrasal verb) – produce, propose/put forward, submit/recommend.
  21. drought (noun) – lack/dry spell, lack of rain, shortage of water.
  22. hold someone responsible for (phrase) – blame someone, pin someone on.
  23. per capita (adverb & adjective) – for each person; each, per, apiece.
  24. paradoxically (adverb) – contradictorily, , inconsistently, incongruously.
  25. rely on (phrasal verb) – depend on; resort to, bank on.
  26. demonstrably (adverb) – provably, obviously clearly.
  27. curb (verb) – restrain, restrict, control.

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