1. Deprivation(Noun)
- Meaning: the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.
- Synonyms: poverty, impoverishment, penury, privation
- Antonyms: wealth
- Usage: “low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation”
2. Diplomacy (Noun)
- Meaning: the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and tactful way.
- Synonyms: tact, tactfulness, sensitivity, discretion
- Antonyms: tactlessness
- Usage: “with perfect diplomacy, he divided his attention between Meryl and Anthea”
3. Parley (Noun)
- Meaning: a conference between opposing sides in a dispute, especially a discussion of terms for an armistice.
- Synonyms: negotiation, talk(s), meeting, conference, summit
- Antonyms: confuse contend deny
- Usage: “a parley is in progress and the invaders may withdraw”
4. Cryptic (Adjective)
- Meaning: having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
- Synonyms: enigmatic, mysterious, hard to understand, confusing
- Antonyms: straightforward, clear
- Usage: “he found his boss’s utterances too cryptic”
5. Diversify (Verb)
- Meaning: make or become more varied.
- Synonyms: branch out, vary output, expand, enlarge operations
- Antonyms: invariability, monotony, uniformity
- Usage: “the trilobites diversified into a great number of species”
6. Reprieve (Verb)
- Meaning: cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).
- Synonyms: grant a stay of execution to, cancel/postpone/commute/remit someone’s punishment
- Antonyms: charge, punish
- Usage: “under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved”
7. Maneuver (Noun)
- Meaning: a movement or series of moves requiring skill and care.
- Synonyms: operation, exercise, activity, move
- Antonyms: decline, decrease, halt
- Usage: “snowboarders performed daring maneuvers on precipitous slopes”
8. Coalition (Noun)
- Meaning: a temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.
- Synonyms: alliance, union, partnership, affiliation, bloc
- Antonyms: detachment, disassociation
- Usage: there is a coalition between Liberals and Conservatives”
9. Opportunism (Noun)
- Meaning: the taking of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle.
- Synonyms: expediency, exploitation, taking advantage, Machiavellianism
- Antonyms: inexpediency, disadvantage
- Usage: “he was accused of political opportunism”
10. Meager (Adjective)
- Meaning: (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality.
- Synonyms: inadequate, scanty, paltry,
- Antonyms: abundant
- Usage: “they were forced to supplement their meager earnings”
