The Hindu Editorial (The waning sheen) – Mar 03, 2026

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The Hindu Editorial (​The waning sheen) – Mar 03, 2026:

1. waning sheen (noun) – a gradual loss of attractiveness, appeal, or impressive quality; fading glory, diminishing luster, declining charm, weakening appeal.
2. waning (adjective) –decreasing, declining, diminishing, dwindling.
3. sheen (noun) – an attractive quality; luster, shine, gloss, attractiveness.
4. Goods and Services Tax GST (noun) – an indirect broad-based consumption tax levied on the supply of goods and services.
5. rationalisation (noun) – streamlining, reorganization, simplification, consolidation.
6. GST rationalisation (noun) – the systematic restructuring of the Goods and Services Tax rates and slabs to ensure efficiency and ease of compliance.
7. long lost (adjective) – having been missing or absent for a long period of time; missing, forgotten, mislaid, vanished.
8. mop-up (noun) – the final collection, gathering, or completion of a task, particularly referring to accumulating revenue; collection, gathering, accumulation, recovery.
9. year-on-year (adjective) – as compared with the corresponding figures from a year earlier; annual, yearly, annualized.
10. gross (adjective) – without deduction of tax or other contributions; total, overall, whole, entire.
11. attribute (verb) – ascribe, assign, credit, put down.
12. consumption expenditure (noun) – the total spending on goods and services by individuals and households in an economy; consumer spending, household consumption, purchasing outlay, domestic spending.
13. framework (noun) – structure, system.
14. rationalise (verb) – streamline, reorganize, simplify, modernize.
15. two-tiered (adjective) – comprising two distinct levels, layers, or categories; two-level, dual-level, double-layered, bifurcated.
16. rate cut (noun) – a reduction in the level of an interest rate, tax rate, or other financial charge; rate reduction, tax decrease, tariff cut, markdown.
17. consumer non-durables (noun) – manufactured products that are consumed quickly and have a short lifespan; soft goods, consumable goods, perishables, everyday items.
18. consumer durables (noun) – manufactured products that have a relatively long lifespan and are not depleted rapidly; hard goods, long-lasting products, household appliances, durable items.
19. sustained (adjective) – continuous, ongoing, steady, prolonged.
20. appliances (noun) – electrical or mechanical machines used in a household to perform specific functions; devices, gadgets, machines, equipment.
21. vulnerability (noun) – susceptibility, defenselessness, weakness, frailty.
22. largely (adverb) – to a great extent; mostly, mainly, primarily, principally.
23. overlook (verb) – ignore, neglect, miss, disregard.
24. not-so-trivial (adjective) – of considerable importance or value; significant, important, substantial, considerable.
25. trivial (adjective) – of little value or importance; insignificant, unimportant, minor, superficial.
26. import IGST number (noun) – the specific statistical figure representing the Integrated Goods and Services Tax collected on goods brought into the country; import tax figure, cross-border tax metric, import revenue data.
27. import (noun) – imported good, foreign product, overseas item, incoming merchandise.
28. IGST (noun) – a tax levied on all Inter-State supplies of goods and services under the GST regime in India; Integrated Goods and Services Tax, inter-state tax, unified tax, central levy.
29. spike (noun) – a sharp, sudden increase; surge, rise, jump, escalation.
30. holistic (adjective) – comprehensive, integrated, all-inclusive, overall.
31. perspective (noun) – a particular attitude; viewpoint, standpoint, outlook, angle.
32. growing (adjective) – increasing, expanding, rising, mounting.
33. disparity (noun) – a great difference or inequality between things; inequality, imbalance, discrepancy, divergence.
34. up from (phrase) – increased from, higher than, risen from.
35. fall (verb) – decrease, decline, drop, plummet.
36. dollar-denominated (adjective) – valued, expressed, or traded in United States dollars; dollar-priced, US-dollar-based, dollar-valued, dollar-pegged.
37. semiconductor (noun) – a solid substance that has a conductivity between that of an insulator and that of most metals, widely used in electronics; microchip, integrated circuit, microcircuit, silicon chip.
38. rely on (phrasal verb) – depend on, count on, bank on, lean on.
39. heavily (adverb) – to a great degree or in large amounts; significantly, greatly, deeply, profoundly.
40. crude oil (noun) – unrefined petroleum as it is extracted from the ground; raw petroleum, fossil fuel, black gold, unrefined oil.
41. account for (phrasal verb) – constitute, make up, comprise, form.
42. quarter (noun) – a three-month period on a financial calendar that serves as a basis for periodic financial reports, analysis, and the paying of dividends; three-month period, financial quarter, fiscal quarter, reporting period.
43. materially (adverb) – in a significant, substantial, or meaningful way; significantly, substantially, considerably, meaningfully.
44. reflect (verb) – indicate, show, display, demonstrate.
45. price firming (noun) – the economic process where prices become stable or increase slightly after a period of fluctuation; price stabilization, price strengthening, market firming, upward price movement.
46. persist (verb) – continue, remain, linger, last.
47. reconfiguration (noun) – rearrangement, alteration, modification, restructuring.
48. barrel (noun) – a standard unit of measure for liquid volume, specifically 42 US gallons in the oil industry.
49. mechanically (adverb) – automatically, involuntarily, instinctively, predictably.
50. inflate (verb) – increase, raise, boost, escalate.
51. levy (verb) – impose, charge, exact, tax.
52. input cost (noun) – the set of expenses incurred by a company to create a product or provide a service; production cost, manufacturing cost, operating expense, material cost.
53. feed into (phrasal verb) – contribute to, influence, factor into, add to.
54. unevenness (noun) – the quality of not being uniform, equal, or consistent; irregularity, inequality, inconsistency, disparity.
55. lag (verb) – fall behind, trail, linger, dawdle.
56. divergence (noun) – a difference or conflict in opinions, interests, or economic trends; separation, difference, variance, deviation.
57. suggest (verb) – indicate, denote, point to, imply.
58. buoyancy (noun) – a high level of activity, growth, or resilience in an economy or market; resilience, vigor, vitality, robustness.
59. disproportionately (adverb) – unevenly, unequally, lopsidedly, unfairly.
60. rather than (phrase) – instead of, as opposed to, more than, in place of.
61. underscore (verb) – emphasize, highlight, underline, stress.
62. dependence (noun) – reliance, dependency.
63. nullify (verb) – cancel out, invalidate, negate, neutralize.
64. lead to (phrasal verb) – cause, result in, bring about, give rise to.

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The Hindu Editorial (​​The waning sheen) – Mar 03, 2026: