Important Word List From The Hindu Editorial 03 March 2022
Hindi Meaning - तुच्छ, छोटा
English Meaning - slight, insubstantial, negligible, weak/shaky; doubtful, dubious, questionable, vague, unspecific, indefinite.
2.stance (noun)
Hindi Meaning - मुद्रा, अवस्थिति, दृष्टिकोण
English Meaning - point of view, approach, standpoint.
3.recalibrate (verb)
Hindi Meaning - पुन: जांचना, पुनर्मूल्यांकन
English Meaning - reevaluate, reassess, revamp.
4.inflation (noun)
Hindi Meaning - मुद्रास्फीति, महंगाई, स्फीति
English Meaning - simply meaning “cost of living”; increase of price level of goods & services and vice versa decrease of currency value.
5.projection (noun)
Hindi Meaning - प्रक्षेपण, पूर्वानुमान, भविष्यवाणी
English Meaning - forecast, prediction, estimation, calculation.
6.shift (verb)
Hindi Meaning - बदलना,खिसकाना, समायोजित करना
English Meaning - change, alter, adjust, amend, recast, revise.
7.Consumer Price Index (CPI) (noun)
Hindi Meaning - उपभोक्ता मूल्य सूचकांक
English Meaning - The CPI looks at the basket of consumer goods and services and it measures the change in price of this basket over a period of time. To put it simply, the CPI monitors retail prices at a certain level for a particular commodity.
8.Wholesale Price Index (WPI)(noun)
Hindi Meaning - थोक मूल्य सूचकांक
English Meaning - The WPI looks at a basket of wholesale goods (goods purchased in large quantities by businesses directly from manufacturers with the intent of reselling them to retailers). the WPI tracks prices at the factory gate before the retail level.
9.quicken (verb)
Hindi Meaning - बढ़ा देना, तेज़ करना
English Meaning - increase, speed up, accelerate, expedite, step up, advance.
10.breach (verb)
Hindi Meaning - उल्लंघन करना, तोड़ना
English Meaning - break, contravene, violate.
11.the central bank (noun)
Hindi Meaning - केंद्रीय बैंक
English Meaning - The banking regulator of a county’s banking system. (e.g. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the central bank of India).
12.tolerance (noun)
Hindi Meaning - सहनशीलता, सहिष्णुता, उदारता
English Meaning - deviation, fluctuation, variation.
13.given (preposition)
Hindi Meaning - देखते हुए, ध्यान में रखना, विचार करना
English Meaning - considering, taking into account, bearing in mind.
14.forecast (verb)
Hindi Meaning - पूर्वानुमान, भविष्यवाणी, परियोजना
English Meaning - predict, project, estimate.
15.acceleration (noun)
Hindi Meaning - तेज करना, बढ़ाना
English Meaning - increase, quickening, stepping up.
16.tack (noun)
English Meaning - approach, way, method; course of action, policy.
17.index (noun)
English Meaning - an (economic) data figure reflecting something (e.g. price/quantity) compared with a standard or base value; pointer, indicator.
18.headline (adjective)
English Meaning - relating to a rate of inflation based on the consumer price index (CPI).
19.headline inflation (noun)
English Meaning - it is a measure of the total inflation within an economy, including commodities such as food and energy prices.
20.hinterland (noun)
English Meaning - remote areas of a country away from the coastal areas/the banks of major rivers.
21.proportion (noun)
English Meaning - part, portion, percentage; ratio, distribution.
22.bear the brunt (phrase)
English Meaning - to suffer or endure the worst part of something (force/burden/pressure) when a very bad or unpleasant thing happens.
23.food price inflation (noun)
English Meaning - the rise in the prices of most goods and services of food & related things.
24.sprint (verb)
English Meaning - speed (up), rush, shoot (up), increase.
25.normalise (verb)
English Meaning - alter, regulate, fine-tune, calibrate
26.pandemic (noun)
English Meaning - the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
27.monetary policy (noun)
English Meaning - monetary policy refers to the use of monetary instruments under the control of the central bank to regulate magnitudes such as interest rates, money supply, and availability of credit with a view to achieving the ultimate objective of economic policy mentioned in the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
28.reaffirm (verb)
English Meaning - assert, state, say again strongly.
29.resolve (verb)
English Meaning - decide, determine, take a decision.
30.contain (verb)
English Meaning - control, curb, keep under control, restrain, limit.
31.retain (verb)
English Meaning - maintain, keep, continue.
32.fiscal (noun)
English Meaning - financial (year).
33.enable (verb)
English Meaning - allow, permit, facilitate.
34.downtrend (noun)
English Meaning - decline, downturn, slump.
35.assumption (noun)
English Meaning - thought, belief, notion, conclusion, impression.
36.unravel (verb)
English Meaning - fall apart, come apart, fail, collapse, go wrong; undo, untie.
37.storm (noun)
English Meaning - (figuratively) trouble, disturbance, controversy.
38.storm cloud (noun)
English Meaning - (figuratively) a threatening situation/condition.
39.on the horizon (phrase)
English Meaning - imminent, impending, approaching, near/close, just around the corner.
40.intensify (verb)
English Meaning - increase, escalate, raise; aggravate, exacerbate, compound.
41.uncertainty (noun)
English Meaning - unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness/precariousness.
42.tension (noun)
English Meaning - strained relations; strain, stress, pressure, unease.
43.crude oil (noun)
English Meaning - the raw natural resource that is extracted from the earth and refined into products such as gasoline, jet fuel, diesel and other petroleum products.
44.pass (on) (verb)
English Meaning - transfer, hand over, transmit.
45.spur (verb)
English Meaning - stimulate, encourage, prompt, galvanize.
46.cut (verb)
English Meaning - reduce, decrease, lessen.
47.excise duty (noun)
English Meaning - the taxes levied on the manufacture of goods within the country, (as opposed to custom duty that is levied on goods coming from outside the country).
48.result in (phrasal verb)
English Meaning - cause, bring on, bring about.
49.exchequer (noun)
English Meaning - treasury, coffers; funds/resources/finances.
50.add to the mix (phrase)
English Meaning - to add another idea to an ongoing discussion.
51.outlook (noun)
English Meaning - prospects, expectations, hopes, likely improvement, lookout, future.
52.ease (verb)
English Meaning - reduce, moderate, lessen, decrease.
53.prospect (noun)
English Meaning - possibility, chance, probability, likelihood.
54.stem from (phrasal verb)
English Meaning - originate from, arise/come from, emanate from.
55.Inflationary/price/cost pressures (noun)
English Meaning - the demand and supply-side pressures that can cause a rise in the general price level; cost-push inflation, hot-economy, deficit finance.
56.inflationary (adjective)
English Meaning - tending to cause monetary inflation.
57.pressure (noun)
English Meaning - demand.
58.household (noun)
English Meaning - family, house.
59.comforting (adjective)
English Meaning - reassuring, relieving, heartening, uplifting, encouraging.
60.perception (noun)
English Meaning - understanding, discernment, recognition/realization; interpretation.
61.markedly (adverb)
English Meaning - noticeably, decidedly, distinctly, remarkably, clearly.
62.constrain (verb)
English Meaning - restrict, limit, control, restrain.
63.private consumption or consumption expenditure (noun)
English Meaning - the spending by households (consumers) on goods and services, excluding new housing.
64.lag behind (verb)
English Meaning - trail, straggle, fall behind, move slowly.
65.pre-pandemic (noun)
English Meaning - before the pandemic.
66.worsening (noun)
English Meaning - deterioration, aggravating, compounding, intensification.
67.front (noun)
English Meaning - a particular condition/situation.
68.price stability (noun)
English Meaning - no (drastic) change in the price of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. It implies avoiding both prolonged inflation and deflation.
69.mandate (noun)
English Meaning - instruction, direction, order, requirement.
70.risk (verb)
English Meaning - cause, bring on, bring about, result in (a bad or unfortunate event).
71.credibility (noun)
English Meaning - trustworthiness, reliability, dependability.
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