English Vocabulary from
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Topic 1 : "Getting Railways on track"
- Getting something on track - to make progress with something and likely to succeed
- Merge - to combine or join together
- Junk - to get rid of something because it is of no use or value
- Colonial - relating to a system or period in which one country rules another
- Era - a historical period with a particular character or feature
- Outlived - to live longer than someone else
- Utility - a service that is used by the public, such as an electricity or gas supply or a train service
- Entailed - to involve something
- Expenditure - money spent by a government, organization, or person
- Aspect - a particular part, feature, or quality of something
- Administration - the activities involved in managing a business, organization, or institution
- Outlay - an amount of money spent for a particular purpose
- Revenues - income from business activities or taxes
- Domestic - relating to a country
- Aviation - the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in good condition
- Defence - actions that you take to protect someone or something that is being attacked
- Found little mention - didn't say anything
- Ritual - a formal ceremony
- Lingered - to stay somewhere longer than is necessary
- Fractured - divided
- Tendency - a strong chance that something will happen in a particular way
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Juicy - a juicy job or activity is interesting and enjoyable
- Portfolio - all the responsibilities of a government minister
- Possibilities - chances
- Populist - representing the interests and opinions of ordinary people
- Posturing - to do things only because you want people to notice you, admire you, or be afraid of you
- Patronage - help or money that is given to a person or organization
- Launchpad - the surface from which a missile, space vehicle etc is sent into the air or into space
- Throw your weight behind - to use your influence to support someone or something
- Vote-magnet - something that fetches you votes in elections
- Jamboree - a large organized event that many people go to
- Tabling - to suggest formally in a meeting something that you would like everyone to discuss
- Conjure up - to create or achieve something difficult or unexpected
- Regurgitate - to repeat facts or ideas that you have heard or learnt without understanding them or thinking about them for yourself
- Commuter - someone who travels regularly to and from work
- Skewed - not accurate or exact
- Freight - the transport system that carries goods
- Tweaking - to make small changes in order to improve something
- Tariffs - taxes that a government charges on goods that enter or leave their country
- Flexible - able to make changes easily
- Premium - an amount of money paid in addition to the usual amount
- Regulator - a person or organization whose job is to be certain that companies, systems etc act fairly and follow rules
- Depoliticise - remove from political activity or influence
- Viability - the quality of being able to happen or having a reasonable chance of success
- Constituency - one of the official areas of a country that elects someone to represent it in a parliament or legislature
- Boost - to help something to increase, improve, or become more successful
- Obligations - something that you must do for legal or moral reasons
- Concession - a reduction in the usual price of something, made available to students, old people, etc
- Exchequer - the government department responsible for a country’s financial matters
- Bankable - likely to make money
- Scrapping - to decide not to continue with something such as a plan or an event
- Fading - to become less famous or less important
- Undoing - the cause of someone's failure, or of someone's loss of power or money
Topic 2 : "The curious death of Ramkumar"
- Curious - strange and unusual
- Alleged - claimed to be true, even though this has not been proved
- Suspect - a person believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong
- Given rise to - cause to happen
- Claim - to say that something is true or is a fact, although you cannot prove it and other people might not believe it
- Lone - single / only
- Assailant - someone who violently attacks another person
- Stalked - to hunt a person or animal by following them without being seen
- Unusual - not normal, common, or ordinary
- Tendency - if someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or like it
- Slash - to cut in a violent way
- Warder - someone whose job is to guard prisoners in a prison
- Counselling - advice and help that you give someone with their problems
- Ought to have (done something) - used when you realize that someone did not do the right thing in the past
- Overtones - something that is suggested, but is not clearly stated
- Dispensary - a place in a hospital where you can get medicines and drugs
- Lapse - a temporary failure
- Incarceration - to keep someone in a closed place and prevent them from leaving it
- Overcrowded - containing too many people or things
- Understaffed - not having enough workers to do a job quickly or effectively
- Electrocution - to kill or injure someone with electricity
- Determined - wanting to do something very much and not allowing anyone or any difficulties to stop you
- Inescapable - impossible to avoid or ignore
- Resistant - not harmed or affected by something
- Auditing - to examine something carefully, especially to decide on its effectiveness
- Reassurance - the act of making someone feel less worried about something
- Purported - said by some people to be real or true, but not proved to be real or true
- Lacunae - an empty space where something is missing
- Speculation - the activity of guessing possible answers to a question without having enough information to be certain:
- Culprit - someone who is responsible for doing something bad or illegal
- Judicial - involving a law court
- Probe - an attempt to find out the truth about an issue, problem, or accident
- Credibly - capable of being believed; believable
- Extra-judicially - done without the permission of or without using the official legal system
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