The Hindu voabulary: 17/05/2020

• Sag. ( verb) --- To lose firmness under the pressure of trouble , doubt , to be unsettled or unbalanced.

e.g. :- (Foreign investors are sagging nowadays over the issue of slumping domestic economic scenario.)

• Commuter. (noun) --- A person who regularly travels from one place to another typically to work , a piece of transportation of equipment.

e.g. :- ( He takes the commuter to the office at least once a week.)

• Hit out.(verb) --- To strike out randomly , to react viciously towards someone or something.

e.g. :- (Feeling somebody grab at his mobile in the darkness , he hit out at the assailant.)

• Iron out.(verb) --- To resolve a dispute , to solve a problem.

e.g. :- (Let's just gather and and iron out an concord on this issue.)

• Backdrop. (noun) --- Any background situation.

e.g. :- (Against a backdrop of slumping economies , the new schemes are looking less appealing.)

• Hollow out. (verb) --- To reduce the power or influence of something.

e.g. :- (It's time to hollow out the partial marketing tendency.)

• Emaciated. (adj.) --- poor people especially from hunger or disease.

e.g. :- (The young emaciated migrant told his sufferings to the scribe.)

• Chip in. (verb) --- To contribute , to pay for a part of something.

e.g. :- (He chipped in for the minorities.)

• Pummel. (verb) --- To hit or strike heavily and repeatedly.

e.g. :- (Rain pummeled the roof.)

• Boil down. (verb) --- To reduce.

e.g. :- (The Delhi government has launched the schemes to boil down the pollution level which is prevailing.)