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1) Tumble (Verb) – अचानक गिर जाना
Definition: Fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong.
Synonyms: Hurry, Rush, Scramble
Antonyms: Rise, Soar
Usage: The price of India’s crude basket tumbled almost 30% to below $60 by end-November from $85 in early October.
2) Endure (Verb) – सहना
Definition: Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently.
Synonyms: Undergo, Go Through, Live Through, Experience
Antonyms: Fade, Short-lived
Usage: It foresees the softness in prices enduring through the April-September half of next year.
3) Bolster (Verb) — समर्थन या मजबूत करना
Definition: Support or strengthen.
Synonyms: Strengthen, Support, Reinforce
Antonyms: Undermine
Usage: The MPC’s decision to stand pat on rates must also have been bolstered by the findings in the RBI’s November survey of households’ inflation expectations.
4) Prognosis (Noun) — प्राग्ज्ञान
Definition: A forecast of the likely outcome of a situation.
Synonyms: Forecast, Prediction, Projection, Prognostication
Antonyms: Calculation, Measurement
Usage: On growth, the monetary authority has largely stuck with its prognosis from October.
5) Perishable (Adjective) — नाश होने योग्य
Definition: (Especially of food) likely to decay or go bad quickly.
Synonyms: Biodegradable; Putrefiable
Antonyms: Continuation, Endurance
Usage: The RBI reckons there is the clear and present danger of a sudden reversal, especially in prices of volatile perishable items.
6) Buttress (Verb) – पुश्ता देना
Definition: Increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce.
Synonyms: Strengthen, Reinforce, Fortify, Support
Antonyms: Undercut, Undermine, Weaken
Usage: A mass of circumstantial evidence buttresses the prosecutor’s case
7) Opportune (Adjective) — समयानुकूल
Definition: (Of a time) especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event.
Synonyms: Auspicious, Propitious, Favourable, Advantageous
Antonyms: Disadvantageous, Ill-timed
Usage: He couldn’t have arrived at a less opportune moment.
8) Prudence (Noun) – समझदारी
Definition: The quality of being prudent; cautiousness.
Synonyms: Wisdom, Judgement, Good judgement
Antonyms: Folly, Recklessness
Usage: We need to exercise prudence in such important matters.
9) Adverse (Adjective) — विपरीत
Definition: Preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable.
Synonyms: Unfavourable, Disadvantageous, Inauspicious
Antonyms: Favourable, Beneficial, Positive, Friendly
Usage: Taxes are having an adverse effect on production
10) Funnel (Verb) – मार्गदर्शन करना
Definition: Guide or channel (something) through or as if through a funnel.
Synonyms: Channel, Guide, Feed, Direct, Convey
Antonyms: Scatter, Splurge
Usage: Some $12.8 billion was funnelled through the Marshall Plan
