English Vocabulary from "The Hindu News Paper" - 4th July 2017

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Hai Friends I'm Kani. Here I'm sharing English Vocabulary from Editorial section of The Hindu News Paper dated 4th July 2017. Happy reading :)

Note : Click on the titles to read the Editorials

Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "Open acres: The new hydrocarbon policy opens us exploration"

• Hydrocarbon - a chemical substance that contains only hydrogen and carbon, for example methane
• Exploration - the activity of searching and finding out about something
• Investor - a person or organization that invests money
  
• Unveil - to announce something officially that was previously a secret
• Acreage - an area of land, often measured in acres
• Repository - a place where large quantities of things are stored or kept safe
• Significant - very important
• Discretion - the right or ability to make a judgment or decision
• Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
• Drawback - a feature of something that makes it less useful than it could be
• Deem - to consider or judge something in a particular way
• Prospective operator - people who are expected to operate something
• Swathe - a large number of people, or a large amount of something
• Cohesive - combining well to form a strong well-organized unit
• Repository - a place where large quantities of things are stored or kept safe
• Envisage - to have something as a plan or an intention
• Open up - to create a new opportunity or possibility
• Initiative - the ability to decide in an independent way what to do and when to do it
• Incentivise - to give someone a reason for wanting to work hard
• Designated - to say officially that a place or thing has a particular character or purpose
• Infrequent - not happening very often, or not doing something very often
• Auction - a public occasion when things are sold to the people who offer the most money for them
• Accustom - to become familiar with new conditions
• Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
• Acreage - an area of land, often measured in acres
• By contrast - used when you are comparing two things or people and saying that the second one is very different from the first
• Recompense - payment that you give to someone who has suffered injury or loss because of you
• Appetite - a feeling of being very interested in something or of wanting it very much

Hindu Editorial Topic 2 : "The delta miracle: Conservation vital in Sunderbans"

• Miracle - an event that cannot be explained according to the laws of nature and is considered to be an act of God
• Conservation - the careful use of energy, water, and other resources, so that they are not wasted or lost
• Vital - very important, necessary, or essential
• Mangrove - a tropical tree that grows beside water and has roots that begin above the ground
• Contiguous - next to each other, or joining each other
• Ecosystem - all the plants and animals in a particular area, considered as a system with parts that depend on one another
• Accelerated - faster than usual
• Productive - making or growing things in large quantities
• Colonial - relating to a system or period in which one country rules another
• Era - a period of time that has a particular quality or character
• Facilitate - to make it possible or easier for something to happen
• Cultivation - the process of growing crops or plants
• Emerging - just beginning to exist or be noticed
• Threat - a situation or an activity that could cause harm or danger
• Straddle - to be on both sides of something
• Interface - a place where people or things meet each other, or a thing that connects them
• Stark - used for describing an unpleasant fact or situation that is very obvious or impossible to avoid
• Ecology - the study of the environment and the way that plants, animals, and humans live together and affect each other
• Landscape - an area of land that is beautiful to look at or that has a particular type of appearance
• Sediment - a layer of sand, stones, dirt etc that becomes a layer of rock
• Confluence - a place where two rivers join
• Salinity - a measure of the amount of salt dissolved in water, esp. sea water
• Crucible - an environment that is very dangerous, difficult, or exciting
• Biodiversity - the variety of different types of plant and animal life in a particular region
• For instance - for example
• Sanctuary - a special area where animals live in a natural environment protected from people
• Erosion - he process by which the surface of land or rock is gradually damaged by water, wind etc and begins to disappear
• Fortification - the process of making something stronger
• Dike - a wall that prevents a river, lake, or sea from flooding the land
• Endemic - very common, or strongly established in a place or situation
• Ecotourism - the business of organizing holidays to places of natural beauty in a way that helps local people and does not damage the environment
• Preservation - the process of working to protect something valuable so that it is not damaged or destroyed
• Synergistic - relating to the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects.
• Survival - the fact or state of continuing to live or exist, especially in difficult conditions

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