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1) Nudge (Verb) — मनाने की कोशिश करना
Definition: To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
Synonyms: Drive, Propel, Spur, Stimulate.
Antonyms: Deter, Discourage, Dissuade.
Usage: The car salesman nudged me into taking a test-drive, even though I had said that I was just looking.
2) Admonish (Verb) — सलाह या आग्रह करना
Definition: Advise or urge (someone) earnestly.
Synonyms: Advise, Recommend, Urge, Caution.
Antonyms: Discourage.
Usage: In the past too, the court has admonished the Centre for the delay in creating the institution.
3) Aggrieve (Adjective) – नाराजगी
Definition: Feeling resentment at having been unfairly treated.
Synonyms: Resentful, Affronted, Indignant, Disgruntled.
Antonyms: Pleased.
Usage: He has been skipping meetings, as he is aggrieved that the government has not made him a full member, and has roped him in as a ‘special invitee’.
4) Transition (Noun) – परिवर्तन
Definition: The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.
Synonyms: Change, Move, Passage, Transformation, Conversion.
Antonyms: Decline, Decrease, Idleness.
Usage: China’s capacity to manage its economic transition has implications the world over.
5) Juggernaut (Noun) – दर
Definition: A huge, powerful, and overwhelming force.
Synonyms: Bandwagon, Blitz, Campaign, Cause.
Usage: The Chinese growth juggernaut is slowing down.
6) Ample (Adjective) — प्रचुर
Definition: Enough or more than enough; plentiful.
Synonyms: Enough, Sufficient, Adequate.
Antonyms: Insufficient, Meagre.
Usage: There is ample time for discussion.
7) Derail (Verb) – मन विचलित होना
Definition: To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.
Synonyms: Agitate, Ail, Alarm, Bother, Concern, Discomfort.
Antonyms: Allay, Alleviate, Assuage.
Usage: According to police, the suspect had been derailed in recent months by mounting financial problems.
8) Aftermath (Noun) – परिणाम
Definition: A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
Synonyms: Aftereffect, Backwash, Child, Conclusion, Consequence, Corollary.
Antonyms: Consideration, Determinant, Factor.
Usage: The surgery was successful, but she now had to deal with its aftermath: a huge bill.
9) Stimulus (Noun) — प्रोत्साहन
Definition: A thing that arouses activity or energy in someone or something; a spur or incentive.
Synonyms: Spur, Stimulant, Encouragement, Impetus, Boost.
Antonyms: Deterrent, Discouragement.
Usage: If the tax were abolished, it would act as a stimulus to exports.
10) Falter (Verb) — लड़खड़ाना
Definition: To show uncertainty about the right course of action
Synonyms: Balance, Dither, Halt, Hang Back
Antonyms: Dive (in), Plunge (in)
Usage: William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished.
