1. ENACTMENT (NOUN): an instance of acting something out.
- Synonyms: acting, performing, staging
- Antonyms: repeal, revoke
- Usage: He wrote a play which is an enactment of his fantasies.
2. AEGIS (NOUN): the protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization.
- Synonyms: patronage, shelter
- Antonyms: hindrance, humility
- Usage: The negotiations were conducted under the aegis of the UN.
3. ENUMERATION (NOUN): the action of mentioning a number of things one by one.
- Synonyms: enlist, to list down
- Antonyms: haphazard, unorganised
- Usage: The complete enumeration of all possible genetic states.
4. MUDDLED (ADJECTIVE): confused, not arranged in order; untidy.
- Synonyms: blurred, jumbled
- Antonyms: systematic, ordered
- Usage: His muddled display of pictures has been taken down.
5. STAGNATION (NOUN): lack of activity, growth, or development.
- Synonyms: sluggishness, torpor, quiescence
- Antonyms: boom, rise
- Usage: The post pandemic period is one of economic stagnation
6. CONUNDRUM (NOUN): a confusing and difficult problem or question.
- Synonyms: problem, quandary
- Antonyms: solution, confidence
- Usage: One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts.
7. OWING (ADJECTIVE): (of money) yet to be paid.
- Synonyms: due, in debt
- Antonyms: resolved, paid, settled
- Usage: No rent was owing.
8. BIFURCATION (NOUN): the division of something into two branches or parts.
- Synonyms: ramification, division, sequel
- Antonyms: union, whole, juncture
- Usage: The point of bifurcation, at present about 25 m.
9. HUMONGOUS (ADJECTIVE): huge; enormous
- Synonyms: immense, prodigious
- Antonyms: small, tiny, insignificant
- Usage: I’m sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch.
10. HOOKED (ADJECTIVE): curved like a hook,VERB :formed habit to something
- Synonyms: curved, falciform
- Antonyms: straight, unbending, linear
- Usage: A golden eagle with a hooked beak / I am hooked on this song.