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The Hindu Editorial (Ramping up supply) – Jul 15, 2021

The Hindu Editorial (Ramping up supply) – Jul 15, 2021

Less than a month after the Centre revised its vaccination policy and took over the responsibility of vaccine procurement from the States, old worries of a supply constraint appear to have resurfaced. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Ramping up supply) – Jul 15, 2021.

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  1. ramp up (phrasal verb) – increase (in amount or number).
  2. vaccination (noun) – treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease; immunization.
  3. woes (noun) – trouble, difficulty, problem.
  4. spike (noun) – a sharp rise/increase of something.
  5. dip (noun) – decrease, decline, reduction, slump.
  6. guard against (verb) – beware of, keep watch for, be alert to.
  7. slackening (noun) – slowing down, easing off, reduction, deceleration, diminishing, lessening.
  8. take over (phrasal verb) – assume responsibility of, take control of, take charge of.
  9. vaccine (noun) – a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
  10. procurement (noun) – the action of procuring/purchasing/buying something.
  11. constraint (noun) – restriction, limitation, restraint.
  12. resurface (verb) – reappear, reemerge, return, recur, come out again, arise again.
  13. CoWIN (noun) – a digital platform (app) developed by Union Health Ministry, India to help monitor the entire COVID-19 vaccination process in India.
  14. dose (noun) – an amount/quantity of something.
  15. administer (verb) – dispense, provide, give, apply (a drug/vaccine).
  16. dispense (verb) – distribute, hand out, allocate, supply, provide.
  17. move (noun) – initiative, step, action.
  18. administration (noun) – management, handling, controlling something (or) an act of dispensing, providing, giving, applying (a drug/vaccine).
  19. chaotic (adjective) – confused, disrupted, tumultuous, disorganized. 
  20. roil (verb) – make irritated, make annoyed.
  21. unprecedented (adjective) – not done or experienced before.
  22. ferocity (noun) – intensity, severity, strength.
  23. surge (noun) – sudden increase or rise of something.
  24. underestimation (noun) – a rough calculation (that is too low).
  25. heady (adjective) – exciting, thrilling, stimulating, invigorating, galvanizing.
  26. norm (noun) – standard, convention, (the) usual/normal.
  27. vaccinate (verb) – inoculate, administer, introduce (with a vaccine to provide immunity against a disease).
  28. inoculate (verb) – to inject/introduce a vaccine into the body of someone to produce immunity to a particular disease; immunize, vaccinate.
  29. slip (verb) – decrease, drop, decline, slump, tumble, plunge, plummet. 
  30. slackening (adjective) – slowing, reducing, decelerating, diminishing, lessening.
  31. stated (adjective) – claimed, official; agreed, declared. 
  32. apparent (adjective) – evident/clear, visible, noticeable, recognizable.
  33. uptick (noun) – a small increase or upward trend.
  34. acceleration (noun) – increase, rise (in number).
  35. fraction (noun) – proportion, portion, part, percentage.
  36. better off (phrase) – in a more advantageous position.
  37. far from (phrase) – not, not at all.
  38. out of the woods (phrase) – out of difficulty.
  39. near-normalise (verb) – return to a near-normal condition. 
  40. onus (noun) – responsibility, duty; burden, liability, obligation.
  41. address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.
  42. Covaxin (noun) – India’s first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate (COVAXIN) developed by a Hyderabad-based company (Bharat Biotech) in collaboration with the ICMR (The Indian Council of Medical Research).
  43. voice (verb) – express, make public, announce, mention.
  44. preparedness (noun) – readiness.
  45. entail (verb) – necessitate, make necessary, require.
  46. aggressive (adjective) – forceful, insistent, vigorous, energetic.
  47. publicity (noun as modifier) – public attention, public notice.
  48. measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
  49. campaign (noun) – an organized effort which seeks to influence the decision making progress within a specific group.
  50. boost (verb) – increase, improve, encourage.
  51. spruce up (verb) – make smarter/neater, clean up, make tidy, put in order.

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