Adopt – To accept or start to use something new.

Two-Pronged – two-sided.

Crop – Plants were grown for food, usually on a farm.

Urbanisation – The process by which towns and cities grow bigger and more and more people go to live in them.

Curb – To control or limit something that is harmful.

Pollutants – A particular type of liquid, solid, or gas that is harmful to the environment.

Post-monsoon – Before the period of heavy rain in India.

Persist – If an unpleasant feeling or situation persists, it continues to exist.

Inversion – A situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it was before.

Retarding – To slow down or delay the development or progress of something.

Dispersal – To spread across a large area.

Foul – Extremely unpleasant.

Residue – The part that is left after the main part has gone or been taken away.

Eminent – Famous, respected, or important.

Straw – The dried, yellow stems of crops such as wheat.

Harvesting – The process of collecting crop from fields.

Emphasis -Special importance or attention that is given to one thing in particular.

Paddy – A field of rice growing in water.

Livestock – Animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs that are kept on farms.

Compost – Decaying plant material that is added to soil to improve its quality.

Biofuel – A fuel that is made from living things or their waste.

Substrate – The material that a plant or an animal that does not move much feed on or uses as support.

Vital – Very important, necessary, or essential.

Molasses – A thick, dark brown liquid that is produced during the process of making sugar, used in cooking.

Legume – A seed such as a pea or a bean that grows in a pod.

Severe – Very serious and worrying.

Owing to – Because of.

Kiln – A type of oven used for baking clay, bricks etc to make them hard

Zero tolerance – The policy of punishing people for even very minor offenses by using the law in a very strict way.

Alliance – A group of countries, political parties, or people who have agreed to work together because of shared interests or aims. Stared down – To pressure someone. Resurgent – Increasing again, or becoming popular again. Replication – Doing something again in exactly the same way. Rife – If something unpleasant is rife, it is very common or happens a lot. Buzz – The feeling of excitement. Strategist – Someone with a lot of skill and experience in planning. Festivity – A happy feeling that people get when they celebrate a special event. Assembled – To bring together for a particular purpose. Fellow-Traveller – Someone who supports a political party, but is not a member of it. Secular – Not religious, or not connected with religion. Significant – Very important. Enigmatic – Mysterious and difficult to understand. Tight-Lipped – Refusing to comment on something. Uninhibited – Free and natural, without embarrassment or too much control. Fungible – Easy to exchange or trade for something else of the same type and value. Essentially – Necessarily (needed). Strike the best deal – To reach an agreement. Also-ran – Someone who is not successful, especially someone who loses an election or competition.