1. Coalition (noun)
- Meaning: a temporary alliance for combined action, especially of political parties forming a government.
- Synonyms: alliance, union, partnership, affiliation
- Antonyms: detachment, disconnection
- Usage: “a coalition between Liberals and Conservatives”
2. Gambit (noun)
- Meaning: an act or remark that is calculated to gain an advantage, especially at the outset of a situation.
- Synonyms: stratagem, machination, scheme
- Antonyms: frankness, honesty
- Usage: “his resignation was a tactical gambit”
3. Rupture (verb)
- Meaning: (especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.
- Synonyms: break, fracture, crack
- Antonyms: union, uniting, healing, fusion
- Usage: “if the main artery ruptures he could die”
4. Fierce (adjective)
- Meaning: having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.
- Synonyms: ferocious, savage, vicious
- Antonyms: gentle, tame, mild
- Usage: “fierce fighting continued throughout the day”
5. Exigencies (noun)
- Meaning: an urgent need or demand.
- Synonyms: need, demand, requirement, want
- Usage: “women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it”
6. Frontally (adjective)
- Meaning: of, relating to, or adjacent to the forehead or the frontal bone
- Synonyms: anterior, fore, forward, front, frontward (or frontwards)
- Antonyms: aft, after, hind, hinder, hindmost, posterior, rear, rearward
- Usage: most cars have the engine in the frontal part
7.Disparaging (adjective)
- Meaning: expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory.
- Synonyms: belittle, decry, defame
- Antonyms: admire, approve
- Usage: still many people pass disparaging comments on dark-skinned people.
8. Fulcrum (noun)
- Meaning: a thing that plays a central or essential role in an activity, event, or situation.
- Synonyms: lever, pin
- Antonyms: stiffen, close
- Usage: “research is the fulcrum of the academic community”
9. Onus (noun)
- Meaning: something that is one’s duty or responsibility.
- Synonyms: burden, responsibility, liability, obligation, duty
- Antonyms: advantage, benefit
- Usage: “the onus is on you to show that you have suffered loss”
10. Gag (verb)
- Meaning: choke or retch.
- Synonyms: retch, heave, dry-heave, convulse
- Antonyms: whisper, familiar
- Usage: “he gagged on the wine”
