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1) Resilience (Noun) — लचीलाता
Definition: The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
Synonyms: Flexibility, Pliability, Suppleness, Plasticity, Elasticity, Springiness, Spring, Give
Antonyms: Rigidity, Fragility, Vulnerability, Weakness
Usage: Coastal districts must continue to strengthen resilience against extreme weather events.
2) Catastrophic (Adjective) — विपत्तिपूर्ण
Definition: Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.
Synonyms: Disastrous, Calamitous, Cataclysmic, Ruinous
Antonyms: Fortunate, Beneficial
Usage: The National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project started by the Ministry of Home Affairs has been working to reduce the impact of such catastrophic events.
3) Rehabilitation (Noun) — पुनर्वास
Definition: The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
Synonyms: Recondition, Restore, Renew, Renovate
Antonyms: Decline, Degeneration, Deterioration
Usage: Tamil Nadu’s political parties have acted in a mature manner and kept partisan criticism from getting in the way of relief and rehabilitation after Gaja.
4) Hazard (Noun) — जोखिम
Definition: A danger or risk..
Synonyms: Risk, Put at risk, Jeopardize
Antonyms: Keep safe
Usage: Coastal States must, therefore, focus on reducing the hazard through policies that expand resilient housing, build better storm shelters.
5) Compensation (Noun) — मुआवजा
Definition: Something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury.
Synonyms: Recompense, Repayment, Payment, Reimbursement
Antonyms: Underpayment
Usage: A warehouse worker who received a large compensation for his crippling injury while on the job
6) Casualty (Noun) — हताहत
Definition: A person or thing badly affected by an event or situation.
Synonyms: Victim, Sufferer, Loser, Loss
Antonyms: Boon, Break, Fluke, Godsend
Usage: Casualties at sea that sometimes resulted in great losses of men or even of entire ships.
7) Vulnerability (Noun) — भेद्यता
Definition: The quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
Synonyms: Susceptibility, Accountability, Amenability
Antonyms: Aid, Asset, Help
Usage: The vulnerability of the car to vandalism when it’s parked on the street
8) Modalities (Noun) — रूपात्मकता
Definition: A particular mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed.
Synonyms: Subjunctive mood, Interrogative mood, Common mood.
Antonyms: Unconsciousness, Effector, Odorless
Usage: Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is facing a possible vote of no confidence, orchestrated by her own deeply divided Conservative Party, over the modalities of a future relationship with the EU.
9) Eloquent (Adjective) — सुवक्ता
Definition: Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.
Synonyms: Persuasive, Expressive, Articulate, Fluent
Antonyms: Inarticulate
Usage: An eloquent speech
10) Fragility (Noun) — नाजुकता
Definition: The quality of being easily broken or damaged.
Synonyms: Frailty, Flimsiness, Weakness
Antonyms: Robustness
Usage: A film about the fragility of relationships
