1. CRIMP (VERB): Fold
- Synonyms: crinkle, wrinkle
- Antonyms: smooth, straighten
- Usage: Don’t crimp the pages of my notebook.
2. DIRE (ADJECTIVE): extremely serious , Terrible
- Synonyms: dreadful, awful
- Antonyms: good, mild
- Usage: smoking has dire consequences.
3. SURGE (NOUN): Growth
- Synonyms: deluge, upsurge
- Antonyms: decline, decrease
- Usage: Sudden surge was seen in dollar in the stock exchange.
4. FALLACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): incorrect
- Synonyms: invalid, erroneous
- Antonyms: correct, valid
- Usage: Mayur proffered fallacious arguments.
5. PLEBEIAN (NOUN): Not worthy of the upper classes.
- Synonyms: mediocre, ordinary
- Antonyms: extraordinary, aristocratic
- Usage: My spoiled cousins called the restaurant a plebeian place.
6. Condemn (Verb)
- Definition: Express complete disapproval of; censure.
- Synonyms: Censure, Criticize, Castigate, Attack, Denounce, Deplore, Decry
- Antonyms: Praise, Commend Usage: Chinese authorities have since condemned the researcher, He Jiankui, with a government report this week saying he violated both ethics and laws.
7. Outrage (Noun)
- Definition: An extremely strong reaction of anger, shock, or indignation.
- Synonyms: Indignation, Fury, Anger, Rage, Disapproval
- Antonyms: Delight, Pleasure
- Usage: the student’s outrage broke
8. Fiddling (adjective)
- Definition: Annoyingly trivial or petty.
- Synonyms: Trivial, Petty, Trifling, Insignificant, Unimportant
- Antonyms: Important, Large
- Usage: In doing so, he violated the widely held ethical consensus that it is too early for germline editing, for we simply don’t know enough yet about the risks of such fiddling.
9. Precise (Adjective)
- Definition: Marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.
- Synonyms: Exact, Accurate, Correct, Error-free, Pinpoint, Specific
- Antonyms: Imprecise, Inaccurate
- Usage: One pitfall of embryo gene-editing is that it is not as precise as we need it to be today.
10. Mutations (Noun)
- Definition: A distinct form resulting from genetic mutation.
- Synonyms: Mutant, Variant, Variation, Freak
- Antonyms: Sameness
- Usage: Studies have shown that the technology can result in unintended mutations, which in turn can cause cancers.
