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01) prelude (Adj) –
Meaning: An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important
Synonyms: preliminary, curtain-raiser, beginning
Antonyms: ending, finale, finish
Usage: What we really fear isthat this is a prelude to other demands.
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02) crucified (noun) –
Meaning: Browbeat, destroy with words; To criticize (someone) severely and
unrelentingly;
Synonyms: harrow, torment, agonise,execute, kill, martyr,condemn, arraign, attack
Antonyms: aid, compliment, exalt, help
Usage: He tortured him, shot himand crucified him.
03) delinquent (adj) –
Meaning: Tending to commit crime; Having the characteristic of being troublesome or
unruly; unpaid outstanding owing unsettled
Synonyms: criminal, lawbreaking, lawless,disturbed, intractable, intransigent,unpaid,
outstanding, owing, unsettled
Antonyms: conformist, well, behaved, obedient,diligent, attentive, careful
Usage:The legendary principalslapped the delinquent studenthard.
04) vignette (verb) –
Meaning: A vivid depiction or representation of someone or something in art or
literature
Synonyms: sketch, portrait, depiction,column, paper, discourse
Antonyms: concealment, misrepresentation
Usage:In the din as well as the deathlysilence to mark a year since thereorganisation
ofthe State ofJammu and Kashmir and the abrogation of its special status,
anotheranniversary — almost a historicalvignette today — has, not surprisingly, been
forgotten.
05) din (verb) –
Meaning: A loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise
Synonyms: sound, noise, racket,lash, commotion, crash
Antonyms: quiet, silence,peace, quietness
Usage:In the din as well as the deathly silence to mark a year since the reorganisation
of the State of Jammu and Kashmir and the abrogation of its special status, another
anniversary — almost a historical vignette today — has, not surprisingly, been forgotten.
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06) poignancy (Adj) –
Meaning: Â A quality that evokes pity or sadness
Synonyms: sadness, pathos, piteousness, emotion
Antonyms: cheer, happiness, joy delight
Usage:Â it carriestoday deep poignancy as New Delhi continues to reflect on strategies
to win the sofar elusive victory over the hearts and minds ofthe people
07) devious (adj) –
Meaning: Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals; Ambiguous in
nature, typically as an avoidance tactic
Synonyms: evasive, elusive, equivocating,scheming, deceitful, dishonest, sly, treacherous
Antonyms: righteous, ethical, honest,artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent
Usage: It was on August 5, 1965 that twoKashmiri Gujjars helped to thwartone of
Pakistan’s most deviousconspiracies in the Valley
08) fulsome (verb) –
Meaning: Complimentary or flattering to an excessive degree; That has been described
as greater or better than it actually is
Synonyms: ingratiating, cloying,adulatory, excessive, fawning, inordinate,exaggerated,
inflated, excessive
Antonyms:reasonable, sincere, restrained, simple
Usage:each deserving a fulsome tribute
09) adverted (Adj) –
Meaning: Â to take notice or pay attention (to); to take notice or pay attention (to); to
suggest or put forward, especially something which may be considered audacious
Synonyms:noticed, considered, heeded, noted,alluded, implied, suggested
Antonyms: disregarded, forgot, forgotten, ignored
Usage:Â It adverted tothe terms of settlement arrived atin the mediation process
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10) sneaking (Adj) –
Meaning: Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature
Synonyms: furtive, shifty, sneaky, stealthy
Antonyms: open, overt, public, noticeable
Usage; the Muslims musthear an apology for the wrongfulact of sneaking in an idol
into themosque in 1949.
