The Hindu Editorial (Through choppy seas) – Oct 22, 2022

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The Hindu Editorial (Through choppy seas) – Oct 22, 2022:

choppy waters/seas (phrase) – this idiomatic expression is used to refer to troublesome, difficult or uncertain times ahead.
successor (noun) – a person who comes after somebody else and takes his/her job/place; inheritor, next-in-line, descendant.
reinvigorate (verb) – revive, re-energize, rejuvenate; fortify, strengthen.
flagging (adjective) – declining, weakening, dwindling, deteriorating, languishing.
ignominious (adjective) – shameful, disgraceful, infamous, notorious; humiliating, undignified, embarrassing.
momentary (adjective) – brief, short, temporary, quick, transitory.
pause (noun) – temporary stoppage, break, interval.
fumbling (noun) – the action of doing/handling something clumsily (awkwardly/carelessly); stumbling, blundering, floundering, lurching.
amidst (preposition) – amid, in the middle of; during.
deteriorating (adjective) – declining, weakening, dwindling, flagging, languishing.
macroeconomic (adjective) – relating to the branch of economics concerned with large-scale factors (interest rates/national productivity).
hardly (adverb) – barely, almost not.
panacea (noun) – a solution or remedy for all problems or difficulties; or diseases; answer, antidote, elixir, cure-all, nostrum, magic bullet, magic formula.
ail (verb) – trouble, distress, afflict, bother, beset.
belie (verb) – contradict, be at odds with, call into question, disprove, falsify.
put/set one’s house in order (phrase) – to make essential changes to improve something.
Downing Street (noun) – a street in Westminster in London that houses the official residences and offices of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
pinnacle (noun) – high point, highest point, peak, upper limit, acme, climax.
fiasco (noun) – failure, mess/disaster, debacle, farce, catastrophe.
erstwhile (adjective) – old, previous, former, then.
Chancellor of the Exchequer (noun) – the chief finance minister (in the Government of the United Kingdom).
breath-taking (adjective) – thrilling, astonishing, stunning, heart-stopping, .
lack (noun) – absence, unavailability, deficiency, non-existence.
sensitivity (noun) – understanding, consideration, feeling, discernment, perception, insight.
fragility (noun) – vulnerability, riskiness; weakness, delicacy.
ought to (modal verb) – must, should.
trigger (verb) – cause, give rise to, lead to, bring about, generate.
soaring (adjective) – rising, increasing, surging.
bond yield (noun) – bond yield is the annualized percentage return that an investor will obtain from buying a bond. In general, the yield of a bond is inversely proportional to its price. This means that as the yield increases, the price decreases (and vice versa).
necessitate (verb) – require, demand, call for, be grounds for, warrant, entail, involve.
intervention (noun) – the process of intervening in something; involvement, interference.
bond market (noun) – debt/credit market; a broad financial market where stocks, shares, bonds, debts and other securities are traded extensively.
Bank of England (BoE) (noun) – the UK’s central bank.
central bank (noun) – the banking regulator of a county’s banking system. (e.g. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank of India).
scupper (verb) – ruin, destroy, devastate, wreak havoc on, damage, spoil, mess up, shatter.
get a handle on (phrase) – to find a way of understanding/dealing with/controlling a person or situation.
inflation (noun) – simply meaning “cost of living”; increase of price level of goods & services and vice versa decrease of currency value.
back (verb) – support, endorse, sanction, defend, uphold.
tone-deaf (adjective) – insensitive to the concerns or difficulties of others; unable to understand matters concerning others’ sentiment/opinion; having a lack of perception, having a lack of understanding.
spiral (verb) – increase/decrease dramatically & continuously.
mortgage (noun) – it is usually a loan sanctioned against an immovable asset like a house or a commercial property.
climb (verb) – increase, rise.
hardship (noun) – destitution, deprivation, distress, misfortune, suffering, trouble, affliction.
invasion (noun) – attack, offensive, onslaught, incursion, assault.
stem (verb) – stop, halt, block, lessen, reduce, slow.
natural gas (noun) – a fossil energy source that formed deep beneath the earth’s surface. Natural gas contains many different compounds. The largest component of natural gas is methane, a compound with one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms (CH4). Natural gas also contains smaller amounts of natural gas liquids (NGLs, which are also hydrocarbon gas liquids), and nonhydrocarbon gases, such as carbon dioxide and water vapor. We use natural gas as a fuel and to make materials and chemicals.
lead to (verb) – cause, result in, give rise to, bring about, produce, generate.
alarming (adjective) – worrying, disturbing, shocking/distressing.
spike (noun) – a sharp rise/increase of something.
household (noun) – family, house.
Conservative Party/Tory Party (noun) – this is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party which is traditionally left-wing.
competent (adjective) – capable, skillful, talented; qualified, efficient.
install (verb) – induct, instate, appoint, admit to office.
get to work (phrase) – to start working.
darken (verb) – make gloomy, make angry, become unhappy, become annoyed.
poise (verb) – get into position, be prepared to do something.
sweep (verb) – to win a contest/election completely.
revolving door (noun) – happening of some actions/events again and again continuously.
anoint (verb) – it (figuratively) means to nominate/choose somebody for a leading or important position formally.
ominously (adverb) – unpleasantly, threateningly, menacingly, forbiddingly.
in the reckoning (phrase) – in a position to be successful (some time in the future).
debacle (noun) – fiasco, failure, disaster.
partygate (noun) – a political scandal in the United Kingdom, with regard to parties and other gatherings (approximately 16 events took place between May 2020 and April 2021) of government and Conservative Party staff held during the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were public health restrictions that prohibited most gatherings. While several lockdowns in the country were in place, gatherings took place at 10 Downing Street, its garden, and other government buildings. (10 Downing Street is the official residence and the office of the British Prime Minister).
scandal (noun) – impropriety, misconduct, wrongdoing.
task at hand (phrase) – a task that someone is currently working on; a task that someone has to work on now.
set right (phrasal verb) – rectify, resolve, mend.
ties (noun) – association, relationship, bond, connection.
bottleneck (noun) – a condition which appears as not solvable and so delays the process; setback, problem, issue, snag, difficulty.
immigration (noun) – the act of leaving one’s countries and moving to another country of which they are not natives, nor citizens, to settle or reside there, especially as permanent residents or naturalized citizens.
so as to (phrase) –in order to.
Tory/the conservative (noun) – a follower or member of the Conservative Party in the UK.
nimble (adjective) – active, quick, skillful.
intuitive (adjective) – instinctive, spontaneous, impulsive.
dig something out of (phrase) – get something out of something else; remove.
morass (noun) – confusion, chaos/muddle, entanglement/mix-up.
perhaps (adverb) – maybe, possibly.
get the job done (phrase) – to complete/fulfil one’s task, to do what is needed to do.