The Hindu Editorial (Lapse and collapse) – Mar 18, 2019

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Lapse and collapse) – Mar 18, 2019:

1. lapse (noun) – failure, mistake, blunder/oversight.
2. creaking (adjective) – weak, struggling.
3. pedestrian (noun) – walker, person on foot, wayfarer.
4. underscore (verb) – emphasize, highlight, underline.
5. irony (noun) – paradox, incongruity, peculiarity.
6. race (noun) – quest, contention.
7. stampede (noun) – people’s movement rapidly in a mass after panic.
8. rickety (adjective) – unsteady, unsafe, broken down.
9. chronic (adjective) – persistent, long-term, continuing (or happening again and again for a long time).
10. toll (noun) – the number of deaths/casualties.
11. dismal (adjective) – bad, awful, terrible.
12. metropolis (noun) – a big city/ a large & busy city.
13. mollify (verb) – calm down, pacify, appease/mitigate.
14. accountability (noun) – responsibility, liability, answerability.
15. far-reaching (adjective) – important, major, significant.
16. extraordinary (adjective) – unusual, strange/odd, surprising.
17. after the fact (phrase) – it is impossible to change something after it has happened.
18. up to the mark (phrase) – good enough, up to required standard, satisfactory.
19. prolonged (adjective) – continuous, constant, persistent.
20. neglect (noun) – carelessness, irresponsibility, negligence/laxity.
21. overburden (verb) – strain, struggle, damage.
22. in the wake of (phrase) – aftermath, as a result of, as a consequence of.
23. distortion (noun) – misrepresentation, falsification, misrepresenting.
24. at the cost of (phrase) – by sacrificing/losing/giving up something.
25. intervention (noun) – interposition, involvement, interference.
26. commons (non) – resources belonging to the whole of a community.
27. mobility (noun) – transportability.
28. prioritise (verb) – make a point of, highlight, call attention to (something as very important).

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