vocabulary

1. indentured servitude
2. postdocs
3. shrimping
4. in desperate situations.
5. "Child labor and slavery is exploding"
"The government's strategy of tracking down key traffickers and arresting them is missing the scale of the problem and the underlying issues driving them: the rapid destruction of wildlife."
6.it's a no-brainer for the world.

taken from here
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/07/28/334107989/how-protecting-wildlife-helps-stop-child-labor-and-slavery

People aren't in excruciating pain
Several studies have shown that patients who receive both palliative care and disease treatment actually live longer than those who receive only disease treatment.
"All hospice care is palliative care — but not all palliative care is hospice."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/07/28/336120433/getting-hospice-care-shouldnt-have-to-mean-giving-up

vocabulary july 29

1.reminiscence
2.swoon
3.evasive
4.curfew
5.concession

6. undermined 
7. incumbents
8. backers
9. dissidents 
10. symptomatic
11. overhaul
12. to vent their feelings
13. debacle
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/time-for-hard-decisions/article6246081.ece

Vocabulary on July 23

abound - a lot
vintage - best
decorous -
discriminatory -
hoary -
sartorial -
prevalent - everywhere
coveted -
anachronistic -
discriminated -
prevails -
retorted -

1.exasperation -
2.reluctance -
3.rebuff -
4.desperate -
5.propellant -

Vocabulary

words of the day 15th july 2014
1. agonising - pain
suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony

2. bustling -
to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about  ): He bustled about cooking breakfast

3. collateral

security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.

 

4. buoyed  

to keep afloat or support by or as if by a life buoy; keep from sinking (often followed by up  ): The life jacket buoyed her up until help arrived.

life buoy- any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.

 

5. demarcation - border

6. fraught -
filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
7. prowess 

exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength: his prowess as a public speaker.

words of the day 19th july 2014
1.envy

a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.

2.privation

lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.

3.goof

to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.

a foolish or stupid person. 

4.prance

to dance or move in a lively or spirited manner; caper

5.missive

 a written message; letter

 

 words of the day 20th july 2014

1.longing

strong, persistent desire or craving, especially for something unattainable or distant: filled with longing for home.

2.lug

to pull or carry with force or effort: to lug a suitcase upstairs.

3.lunatic

an insane person

4.magnate

a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.

5.maim - injure