1. Bombard (Verb)
- Definition: Attack (a place or person) continuously with bombs, shells, or other missiles.
- Synonyms: Shell, Torpedo, Pound, Blitz, Strafe, Pepper,
- Antonyms: Leave alone
- Usage: The city was bombarded by federal forces
2. Emanate (Verb)
- Definition: To throw or give off
- Synonyms: Cast, Discharge, Emit
- Antonyms: Absorb, Inhale
- Usage: Honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent.
3. Dichotomy (Noun) –
- Definition: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.
- Synonyms: Division, Separation, Divorce, Split
- Antonyms: Agreement, Likeness, Sameness
- Usage: there is a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism.
4. Falter (Verb)
- Definition: To show uncertainty about the right course of action
- Synonyms: Balance, Dither, Halt, Hang Back, Hesitate
- Antonyms: Decide, Budge, Stir, Advance, Continue
- Usage: The music faltered, stopped, and started up again.
5. Mire (Verb)
- Definition: to place in conflict or difficulties
- Synonyms: Broil, Embrangle, Embroil
- Antonyms: Emancipate, Free, Liberate, Release
- Usage: Most governments are already deeply mired in debt
6. Revelation (Noun)
- Definition: A surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others.
- Synonyms: Disclosure, Surprising Fact, Divulgence, Declaration
- Antonyms: Keeping, Covering up
- Usage: Child care institutions in India have been trapped in an administrative blind spot, as revelations of the sexual abuse of inmates.
7. Predation (Noun)
- Definition: The action of attacking or plundering.
- Synonyms: Predacity, Predation, Predatism, Rapaciousness, Rapacity
- Antonym:
- Usage: A home meant to protect girls rescued from exploitation itself turned into a den of predation.
8. Lacuna (Noun)
- Definition: A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
- Synonyms: Crunch, Dearth, Deficiency, Deficit
- Antonyms: Abundance, Adequacy, Amplitude, Opulence
- Usage: Only an emergency measure to address the serious lacunae can bring some semblance of order to these faceless shelters.
9. Doom (Verb)
- Definition: Condemn to certain death or destruction.
- Synonyms: Destine, Fate, Predestine, Ordain, Preordain
- Antonyms: Happy, Lucky, Promising
- Usage: The new currency, brought into being on January 1st 1999, has defied early critics, who thought it doomed to failure.
10. Turbulent (Adjective)
- Definition: Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm.
- Synonyms: Tempestuous, Stormy, Unstable, Unsettled
- Antonyms: Peaceful
- Usage: The country’s turbulent history
