In my head

Today, I'm gonna just write down English new words I met and looked up from a book: Hay, C. (2013), The Failure of Anglo-Liberal Capitalism, London: Palgrave Macmillan

The meanings added is just my understanding which might not accurate though

contagion...spreading disease or harmful idea

hefty...large and heavy

epicentre... central point of something

bailout...giving financial assistance

impediment...obstacle

implosion...internal explosion 

ramification...an unwelcome consequence

forensic...denoting the application of scientific methods to investigation of crime

hindsight...understanding after something happens  eg. With hindsight, I should have done something

auspicious...favorable

topple...overbalance and fall

corrosive...tending to cause corrosion

perverse...contrary to accepted standard or practice

reminiscent...remind one of something

appease...make it peace

resuscitate...revive

disavow...deny

ameliorate...make something better

imminent...about to happen

corollary...a proposition from something proved before

palpable...clear

culpability...to be blame, guilty

prudence...cautiousness

preside...cf. president

ostensibly...apparently

belie...prove to be false

vociferate...shout, claim

mitigate...alleviate

serendipity...occurrence by chance

mawkish...sentimental

ail...trouble, afflict

predicament...difficult situation

putative...generally considered

bout...term

elusive...difficult to catch

aversion...really hate

envisage...conceive of as a possibility or desirable future event

parlous...full of danger or uncertainty

hypothecate...pledge money by law to a specific purpose

panacea...remedy or solution to all difficulties

dividend...money paid regularly by company to shareholders

redundancy...the state of being no longer needed especially in employment

How many words do you already know?

I'm feeling I need to expand my vocabulary here...and believing revision is a key to improving it!

#English #PoliticalEconomy #NewWords #TooMany