The Hindu Editorial (Cool it) – Nov 30, 2018

The staggering loss of an estimated 153 billion hours of labour during 2017 due to rising temperatures around the globe is a reminder to governments that they are not doing enough to dramatically curb greenhouse gas emissions.For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Cool it) – Nov 30, 2018.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Cool it) – Nov 30, 2018:

1. heatwave (noun) – (a long period of) hot weather, hotness, humidity.
2. staggering (adjective) – shocking, appalling, surprising/astonishing.
3. curb (verb) – control, restrain, contain.
4. 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).
5. countdown (noun) – a period of time leading up to a significant event.
6. implications (noun) – consequence/outcome, ramification, repercussion.
7. well-being (noun) – prosperity, fortune, wealth.
8. at stake (phrase) – at risk, at issue, in question.
9. vulnerable (noun) – prone to, subject to,  susceptible.
10. ambitious (adjective) – difficult, exacting, formidable/challenging.
11. cut back (phrasal verb) – reduce, cut, decrease.
12. obligation (noun) – condition, requirement; moral imperative/responsibility.
13. climate change (noun) – a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, or of a region on Earth (Courtesy: NASA).
14. sustained (adjective) – continuous, uninterrupted, constant.
15. renewable energy (noun) – energy generated from the natural resources (such as water, wind, solar energy)
16. photovoltaics (noun) – the branch of technology used to generate electricity directly from sunlight by an electronic process naturally occurring in semiconductors.
17. cornerstone (noun) – focus/crux, fundamental principle, central component.
18. fossil fuel (noun) – non renewable resources (or fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas are formed from the buried /deposited organic materials).
19. consensus (noun) – (general) opinion, view; agreement/concurrence.
20. catastrophe (nun) – disaster, calamity,crisis/tragedy.
21. rehabilitation (noun) – the action of bringing (someone or something) back to a normal.
22. underscore (verb) – emphasize, highlight, underline.
23. aggravated (adjective) – made serious/severe, exacerbated, enraged.

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