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1). Reprieve (Verb) – दण्डविराम करना
Definition: cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
Synonyms: grant a stay of execution to, cancel/postpone/commute/remit someone’s punishment
Antonyms: charge, punish
Usage: under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved
2). Intervene (Verb) — हस्तक्षेप करना
Definition: take part in something so as to prevent or alter a result or course of events.
Synonyms: intercede, involve oneself, get involved, interpose oneself, insinuate oneself, step in.
Antonyms: separated, ignore.
Usage: he acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute
3). Liquidated (Verb) — परिसमाप्त करना
Definition: wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets
Synonyms: close down, wind up, put into liquidation, dissolve, break up, disband, terminate
Antonyms: remain, fail, fall.
Usage: if the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts
4). Attributed (Verb) — जिम्मेदार ठहराना
Definition: regard something as being caused by.
Synonyms: ascribe, assign, accredit, credit, impute, allot, allocate
Antonyms: disconnect, separate.
Usage: he attributed the firm’s success to the efforts of the managing director
5). Emphasis (Noun) – प्रमुखता देना
Definition: special importance, value, or prominence given to something.
Synonyms: prominence, importance, significance
Antonyms: de-emphasis, unimportant, trivial
Usage: they placed great emphasis on the individual’s freedom
6). Purview (Noun) – अवधारणा
Definition: the scope of the influence or concerns of something.
Synonyms: attitude, idea, concept
Antonyms: blindness, ignorance.
Usage: such a case might be within the purview of the legislation
7). Espionage (Noun) – जासूसी
Definition: the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information.
Synonyms: spying, undercover work, cloak-and-dagger activities, surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence
Antonyms: following, foolish
Usage: the camouflage and secrecy of espionage
8). Archaic (Adjective) – प्राचीन
Definition: very old or old-fashioned.
Synonyms: obsolete, obsolescent, out of date, anachronistic, old-fashioned, outmoded, behind the times
Antonyms: new, modern.
Usage: prisons are run on archaic methods
9). Innumerable (Adjective) — असंख्य
Definition: too many to be counted (often used hyperbolically).
Synonyms: countless, numerous, very many, manifold, multitudinous, multifarious, untold, incalculable
Antonyms: few, countable.
Usage: innumerable flags of all colours
10). Muster (Verb) — इकट्ठा करना
Definition: assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle.
Synonyms: assemble, bring together, call together, marshal, mobilize, rally, round up, raise, summon
Antonyms: disperse, separate, split.
Usage: 17,000 men had been mustered on Haldon Hill
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