The Hindu Editorial (Power drive) – May 02, 2018

Access to electricity drives the productivity of households, empowers women and enables education and communication. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Power drive) – May 02, 2018.

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Power drive) – May 02, 2018:  

1. quest (noun) – search, pursuit; mission.
2. household (noun) – family, house.
3. sustained (adjective) – continuous, uninterrupted/prolonged, constant.
4. empower (verb) – authorize, allow, entitle.
5. lack (verb) – require, be in need of, be deficient in.
6. inhabited (adjective) – relating to a place where people & animals live in.
7. broad-brush (adjective) – lacking in detail, incomplete, insufficient.
8. disparity (noun) – difference/imbalance, variation, disproportion.
9. pale (verb) – decrease in importance, lose significance; diminish/fade.
10. anomaly (noun) – abnormality/irregularity, oddity, deviation.
11. far from (phrase) – not, not at all, nowhere near.
12. divergence (noun) – difference, dissimilarity, variance.
13. renewable sources (noun) – the natural resources (such as water, wind, solar energy) from which energy is generated.
14. decentralised sources (noun) – it refers to energy sources that is generated off the main grid, such as wind turbines, PV (photovoltaic) solar panels, reciprocating gas engines, etc.
15. rely on (phrasal verb) – be dependent, hinge on, resort to.
16. lie (in) (verb) – consist, exist, be present.
17. scale up (phrasal verb) – increase.
18. augment (verb) – increase, supplement, enlarge.
19. differential (adjective) – different, dissimilar, contrasting.
20. determinant (noun) – factor, issue, concern.

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