1.Relent(verb)
- Meaning: Become less severe or intense
- Synonyms: Acquiesce, soften
- Antonyms: Harden, strengthen
- Usage: When the journalist didn’t relent and release the name of her source, she was jailed for obstructing justice.
2.Actuate(verb)
- Meaning: Cause a machine or device to operate
- Synonyms: Activate, trigger
- Antonyms: Impede, hinder
- Usage: Gandhi was actuated by the belief that it was possible to achieve independence through nonviolence.
3.Conjecture (noun)
- Meaning: An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
- Synonyms: Guess, speculation,
- Antonyms: Proof, reality
- Usage: Until we hear from the mechanic, we can only view this car estimate as a conjecture of the actual price.
4.Diminution (verb)
- Meaning: A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something
- Synonyms: Curtailment, reduction
- Antonyms: Increase, expansion
- Usage: When the jobless rate decreases, there is usually a diminution in crime as well.
5.Zeal (noun)
- Meaning: Great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective
- Synonyms: Passion, committedness
- Antonym: Apathy, dullness
- Usage: The military forces are looking for men with zeal who are not afraid to go the extra mile to get things done.
6.Blockade (noun)
- Meaning: An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
- Synonyms: Block, barricade
- Antonyms: Access, opening
- Usage: They attempted to break the blockade by using submarines.
7.Erode (verb)
- Meaning: (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land).
- Synonyms: Corrode, diminish
- Antonyms: Construct, fix
- Usage: Over time, trivial lawsuits will erode the significance of the justice system.
8.Clampdown (noun)
- Meaning: A concerted or harsh attempt to suppress something.
- Synonyms: Suppression, prevention
- Antonyms: Freedom, advantage,
- Usage: The ensuing clampdown resulted in at least 128 people being killed across Sudan, according to protest organizers.
9.Feasible (adj)
- Meaning: Possible to do easily or conveniently.
- Synonyms: Possible, viable
- Antonyms: Impossible, unsustainable
- Usage: The government has now made it feasible for tourists to spend as long as a month in the country.
10.Validity (noun)
- Meaning: The quality of being logically or factually sound; soundness or cogency.
- Synonyms: Effectiveness, efficacy
- Antonyms: Falsity, invalidity
- Usage: Some researchers have questioned the validity of the test results.
