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1) Intransigence (verb) –
Meaning: Unwillingness to change one’s views or to agree; Hardship or suffering
experienced in the pursuit of a goal
Synonyms: adversity, asperity, difficulty, doggedness, stubbornness
Antonyms: flexibility, irresolution, laxness, kindness
Usage: At the last GST Council meeting in June, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
had said the Council would convene again in July just to discuss the possible
alternatives to deal with this particular conundrum.
2) marooned (verb) –
Meaning: Run or brought ashore; Unable to move due to a lack of wind;
Synonyms: ditched, stranded, stuck, abandoned, deserted, forsaken
Antonyms: cherished, helped, nurtured
Usage: For the first time, the wealthy and the powerful in their urban palaces have
found themselves marooned
3) scandalous (verb) –
Meaning: Arousing or meriting strong disgust, aversion, or displeasure; Causing harm
to someone’s reputation;
Synonyms; disreputable, improper, disgraceful, outrageous, appalling, slanderous,
defamatory, libelous, notorious, infamous
Antonyms– innocuous, inoffensive, acceptable, pleasant, nice, delightful
Usage: The pandemic has brought the scandalous quality of our healthcare system
into sharper relief
4) stewardship (verb) –
Meaning: The process or act of managing, running or governing (something); The state
of ownership
Synonyms: property, ownership, custody, housework, chores, cleaning
Antonyms: powerlessness, helplessness, hopelessness
Usage: At the heart of this pathetic state of affairs is the complete lack of
accountability of either the private or public sector, and the absence of the
stewardship role of the state in ensuring justice and quality of health care for all
its citizens.
5) contestation (noun) –
Meaning: The act of contesting;
Synonyms: dispute, disagreement, disputation, contention, argument, assertion
Antonyms: accord, agreement, consensus
Usage: The ban on specified Chinese Apps, on grounds that they are “engaged in
activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India” adds another layer of
complexity to the contestation in cyberspace
6) niche (verb) –
Meaning: A comfortable or suitable position in life or employment; Position for which
one is suited; The conditions suitable for an organism or population of organisms to live
and thrive
Synonyms: area, discipline, field, position, class, level, habitat, environment
Antonyms: occupied, position, filled, position
Usage: Like global public health, cyber security is a niche area,
7) incipient (verb) –
Meaning: Beginning, starting, coming into existence: A thing at a rudimentary stage
that shows potential for development
Synonyms: developing, inceptive, inchoate, nascent, rudimentary
Antonyms: adult, full-fledged, mature
Usage: We are at an incipient stage of looking for “cyber norms”
8) meandering (verb) –
Meaning: Proceeding in a convoluted or undirected fashion; to scatter or intersperse
among other things; wander at random; Excessively lengthy or technical speech or
writing
Synonyms: wandering, drifting, rambling, strolling digressive rambling discursive
convoluted indirect verbiage redundancy verbosity
Antonyms: concise, succinct, compact, straightforward, laconic, concise
Usage: Except for a few meandering authorial digressions, the novel maintains a
cracking pace from start to finish
The meandering path was littered with conifer branches, layered with a thick carpet of
fresh golden straw.
9) dearly (adj) –
Meaning: Very much
Synonyms: deeply greatly profoundly
Antonyms: incompletely lightly little slightly
Usage: The allegations cost him dearly, leading to the first election defeat of Mr.
Najib’s part
10) accentuate (verb) –
Meaning: Make more noticeable or prominent; To draw special attention to; To
increase in degree, amount, size, or value
Synonyms: boost intensify enhance accent highlight stress emphasise
Antonyms: cloak hide veil conceal undermine annul cancel
Usage: Rahul Gandhi’s fitful detours into politics continue to excite his opponents
and supporters
