English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Reaching out to Africa"
Topic 2 : "Birth pangs of payments banks"
- Reach out to - to offer help and support to someone
- Mobilise - to organize or prepare something
- Persuade - to make someone do something by convincing them
- Envoys - people who are sent as representatives from one government or organization to another
- Call off - cancel
- Boycott - withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest
- Extreme - reaching a highest degree / very great
- Threat - a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen
- Rebuffing - to refuse to accept a helpful suggestion or offer from someone, by answering in an unfriendly way
- Host - to provide the space and other things necessary for a special event
- Embarrassingly - nervously, worriedly and uncomfortably
- Centring - the action or process of placing something in the middle of something else
- Protest - a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something
- Aspiration - a hope of achieving something
- Congolese - belonging to Congo (a country located in Central Africa)
- Brutal - cruel / violent
- Isolated - far away from other places, buildings, or people
- Irrespective of something - without considering something
- Latent - existing but not yet developed
- Discrimination - treating a person or particular group of people differently, because of their skin colour, sex, sexuality, etc
- Stinging - making you feel upset and annoyed
- Reaching out to somebody - to try to communicate with a person or a group of people
- Diplomatic - acting in a way that does not cause offence
- Introspection - examination of and attention to your own ideas, thoughts, and feelings
- Dehumanising - reducing human values and qualities
- Prejudices - an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling
- Rendered - provided or gave (a service, help, etc.)
- Splash - to show something in a very noticeable way
- Mindful - conscious or aware of something
- Ambition - a strong desire to do or achieve something
- Consequence - a result of a particular action or situation
- Sedate - calm, slow and dignified
- Template - something that is used as a pattern
- Roster - a list of people's names, with the jobs they have been given to do
- Outreach - the extent or length of reaching out
- Remit - to refer a matter to someone in authority to deal with (responsibility)
- Scaling up - increasing
- Tackling - to try to deal with something or someone
Topic 2 : "Birth pangs of payments banks"
- Birth pangs -
- actual meaning - pains associated with the process of childbirth
- meaning in this topic - difficulty / painful feeling associated with a development of something
- Barely - by the smallest amount / only just
- In-principle approval - a general approval, although the details are not yet checked properly
- Gestation - the period of the development of ideas, thoughts, or plans
- Coveted - strongly desired by many
- Intriguing - very interesting because of being unusual or mysterious
- Licensee - a person who has official permission to do something
- Prohibited - to officially refuse to allow something
- Constraints - limitations or restrictions
- Remittances - an amount of money that you send to someone
- Unbanked - not having access to the services of a bank or similar financial organization
- Far-flung - places that are a great distance away
- Rural area - countryside undeveloped area
- Niche - a job or position that is very suitable for someone, especially one that they like
- Standalone - a standalone company or organization manages its own activities and does not depend on a larger organization for money or approval
- Profitability - the ability of a business to earn a profit
- Wears thin - to become less convincing, acceptable, or popular (due to repeated use)
- Surmise - to guess something, without having much or any proof
- Prospect - the possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring
- Albeit - although
- Watered down - changed so as to be weaker in force or value
- Catering - provide with what is needed or required
- Migrant - a person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions
- Workforce - the group of people who work in a company, industry, country, etc
- Rosy - if a situation is described as rosy, it gives hope of success or happiness
- To develop cold feet - to suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do
- Disconcerting - to make someone feel suddenly uncertain and worried
- Invested - to put money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage
- Reflected in somebody - to affect other people's opinion of someone or something, especially in a bad way
- Levy - impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
- Introspection - the examination or observation of your own mental and emotional processes
- Unified - combined
- Interface - to communicate with someone, especially in a work-related situation
- Alter - to change something (usually slightly)
- Aggressively - using forceful action to win or to achieve success
- Eroding - to slowly reduce or destroy something
- Potential - having the capacity to develop into something in the future
- Savvy - practical knowledge and ability
- Pared down - decreased slowly
- Unveiling - showing or announcing publicly for the first time
- Financial inclusion - delivery of financial services at affordable costs to disadvantaged and low-income parts of society
- Sustainably - able to continue over a period of time
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