Words From The Hindu Editorials 16th August 2017

1. plummet
verb: plummet; 3rd person present: plummets; past tense: plummeted; past participle: plummeted; gerund or present participle: plummeting

fall or drop straight down at high speed.

Indeed the second half of the last fiscal saw the growth rate plummet by 1.2 percentage points.

synonyms:

plunge, fall headlong, hurtle, nosedive, dive, drop, crash, descend rapidly "the plane plummeted to the ground"

• decrease rapidly in value or amount.

  synonyms:

  fall steeply/sharply, plunge, tumble, drop/decrease rapidly, go down, sink, slump;More

2. thwart-को रोकने

            prevent (someone) from accomplishing  something.

                "he never did anything to thwart his father"

•      oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully.

       "the government had been able to thwart all attempts by opposition leaders to form new parties"

  synonyms:

  foil, frustrate, baulk, stand in the way of, forestall; More

  antonyms:

  assist, facilitate

3. fore-सामने, 

adjective

adjective: fore

1. 1.

   situated or placed in front.

   "the fore and hind pairs of wings"

noun

noun: fore; plural noun: fores

1. 1.

   the front part of something, especially a ship.

exclamation

exclamation: fore

1. 1.

   called out as a warning to people in the path of a golf ball.

preposition

preposition: fore; preposition: 'fore

1. 1.

   non-standard form of before.

   "'fore you know it, you're in trouble"

4. dwell-ध्यान केन्द्रित करना, verb: dwell; 3rd person present: dwells; past tense: dwelt; past participle: dwelt; past tense: dwelled; past participle: dwelled; gerund or present participle: dwelling; adjective: -dwelling

1. formal

   live in or at a specified place.

   "groups of gypsies still dwell in these caves"

   synonyms:

   reside, live, have one's home, have one's residence, be settled, be housed, lodge, stay;

2. 2.

   think, speak, or write at length about (a particular subject, especially one that is a source of unhappiness, anxiety, or dissatisfaction).

   "I've got better things to do than dwell on the past"

   synonyms:

   linger over, mull over, muse on, brood about, brood over, think about, spend time thinking about, be preoccupied by, be obsessed by, eat one's heart out over;

   • (of one's eyes or attention) linger on (a particular object or place).

     "she let her eyes dwell on them for a moment"

5. rescind-रद्द कर देना

revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement).

"the government eventually rescinded the directive"

synonyms:

revoke, repeal, cancel, reverse, abrogate, overturn, overrule, override, annul, nullify, declare null and void, make void, void, invalidate, render invalid, quash, abolish, set aside, countermand, retract, withdraw; More

antonyms:

enforce, enact

6. brouhaha
a noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something.
The Sarahah brouhaha


7. lurk-दुबकना, घात में रहना

be or remain hidden so as to wait in ambush for someone or something.

"a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness"

synonyms:

skulk, loiter, lie in wait, lie low, hide, conceal oneself, take cover, keep out of sight;More

• (of an unpleasant quality) be present in a latent or barely discernible state, although still presenting a threat.