Almost every competitive exams has English section, that tests the skill of candidates in English language. Therefore candidates have to perform in this section with their best. So it is most important for the students to improve their writing as well as verbal skills. An important part of this process is working on your English vocabulary.
For improvement of vocabulary we are providing here most important The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 10 June 2020.
- pandemic (noun) –
The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area. - community transmission (noun) –
An infected person has no travel history to an affected area and no known contact with a person previously diagnosed with a particular disease. It is possible the patient is exposed to a returning traveler who is infected. - local transmission (cluster)(noun) –
local spread/transmission means spread of an illness/disease for which the source of infection is known. - certainly (adverb) –
surely, definitely, unquestionably. - epidemiologist (noun) –
an expert in the study of how disease spreads and can be controlled. - respondent (noun) –
a person who replies to something (questionnaire etc,.). - lend (itself to) (verb) –
be suitable for, be appropriate for, be adaptable to, be easily used for. - amplify (verb) –
increase, raise, intensify, escalate. - sober (down) (phrasal verb) –
make more serious, make more sensible. - keen (adjective) –
impatient, determined, desirous, ready. - personal protective equipment (PPE) (noun) –
safety gear; protective clothing, helmets, masks, goggles, gloves or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from injury/disease. - go against the grain (phrase) –
contrary to the natural inclination; different from what is normal/natural. - heartening (adjective) –
encouraging, promising, hopeful. - wisely (adverb) –
sensibly, logically, astutely. - refloat (verb) –
to float something again; to bring something out of difficulty. - crippled (adjective) –
ruined, damaged, destroyed. - course (noun) –
programme, strategy, procedure. - onus (noun) –
responsibility, duty. - vulnerability (noun) –
weakness/defencelessness, frailty, susceptibility. - highlight (verb) –
underline, underscore, emphasize, call attention to. - enormous (adjective) –
huge, vast, very large, massive. - exposure (noun) –
In medicine, the condition of being subjected to something (infectious agents & others). - aggravated (adjective) –
serious, worsened, exacerbated. - pursue (verb) –
engage in, conduct, follow, carry on. - lockdown (noun) –
an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from a place. - infection curve (noun) –
the graph showing the total number of newly confirmed disease (e.g; COVID-19) cases reported each day over a period of time. - outcome (noun) –
consequence, result, aftermath, effect. - draw up (phrasal verb) –
prepare, work out, formulate. - political will (noun) –
political intention/desire (to complete a scheme/project even if it is not admired/welcomed in the beginning). - public behaviour (change) (noun) –
(in public health) it refers to efforts put in place to change people’s personal habits and attitudes, to prevent disease. - hard-hit (adjective) –
severely affected. - anxious (adjective) –
worried, concerned, distressed, bothered. - curfew (noun) –
a rule which is instructing people to stay at home, typically at night. - explosion (noun) –
sudden increase, rapid increase, multiplication, burgeoning. - put/place the cart before the horse (phrase) –
reverse/change the proper order of something. - devote (verb) –
allocate, assign/allot, commit, give. - productive (adjective) –
useful/helpful, constructive, fruitful, valuable, effective. - prevalence (noun) –
it refers to the number of cases of a disease that are present in a particular population at a given time whereas “incidence” refers to the number of new cases that develop in a given period of time.
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