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1) Swerve (Verb) –
Meaning: To depart abruptly from a straight line or course
Synonyms: Break, Cut, Sheer
Antonyms: Straighten
Usage: The government did not hesitate to swerve from the path of rectitude to finance an income support programme for farmers in an election year.
(rectitude – righteousness, honesty, integrity)
2) Subterfuge (Noun) —
Meaning: Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal.
Synonyms: Trickery, Intrigue, Deviousness, Evasion, Deceit,
Antonyms: Honesty, Openness
Usage: He had to use subterfuge and bluff on many occasions.
We better tell him the truth, and all of it, without any subterfuge or deception.
(Bluff – A display of behavior, usually meant to deceive)
3) Scourge (Verb) —
Meaning: Whip (someone) as a punishment.
Synonyms: Flog, Whip, Beat, Horsewhip, Lash
Antonyms: Ransomer, Redeemer, Vindicator
Usage: After being stripped and scourged, the victim’s palms, known in anatomy to be among the most sensitive of human limbs.
4) Prosaic (Adjective) —
Meaning: Having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality.
Synonyms: Unimaginative, Uninspired, Dull, Dry, Humdrum, Mundane
Antonyms: Imaginative, Inspired
Usage: Prosaic language can’t convey the experience
5) Cahoots (Noun) —
Meaning: Colluding or conspiring together secretly.
Synonyms: Conniving, Collaborating
Antonyms: Divided, Separate, Uncoordinated
Usage: In fact, in the past there have been several cases of politicians acting in cahoots with the operators of fraudulent deposit schemes.
6) Trounce (Verb) —
Meaning: Defeat heavily in a contest; Rebuke or punish severely
Synonyms: Crush, Overwhelm, Thrash, Beat, Whip, Flog
Antonyms: fail forfeit lose preserve
Usage: The party has seamlessly employed multiple modes of ‘othering’ simultaneously to trounce its political rivals.
If it came to a vote, I expect this song would handily trounce all comers anyway.
Most patriotic movies flaunt their pride by having America trounce foreign countries.
7)  Entrench (Verb) –
Meaning: Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.
Synonyms: Establish, Settle, Ensconce, Lodge
Antonyms: Dislodge, Superficial
Usage: The manifestation of this three-fold othering was seen in the political culture across India since 1990s in an entrenched way.
The troops were entrenched near the mountains.
Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.
{Ensconce – To settle firmly or comfortably; To conceal or hide from view; To cover or envelop (something)
I intend to ensconce myself in a nice hotel looking out on Central Park on Saturday and Sunday.
The sculpture is safely ensconced behind glass.
He ensconced himself in front of the television.}
8) Hysterical (Adjective) –
Meaning: Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.
Synonyms: Overwrought, Emotional, Uncontrolled, and Uncontrollable
Antonyms: Calm, Self – possessed
Usage: The whole country lives from event to event and TV becomes hysterical, not knowing the difference between war and cricket.
Let’s have a bit of common sense justice rather than all this hysterical overreaction.
9) Paranoid (Adjective) –
Meaning: Unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful.
Synonyms: Over-suspicious, Paranoiac, Suspicious, Mistrustful
Antonyms: sane, balanced, rational
Usage: People take loyalty literally and become paranoid.
10) Unison (Noun) –
Meaning: The state of being of one opinion about something.
Synonyms: Accord, Agreement, Concurrence, Concurrency
Antonyms: Discord, Dissension
Usage: Newspapers have in unison supported the government, and citizens, from actors to cricketers.
