1. EXCRUCIATE (VERB): agonize:
- Synonyms: anguish, bother
- Antonyms: equity, fairness
- Usage: Swastika underwent excruciating pain during her surgery.
2. CONCRETE (ADJECTIVE): actual:
- Synonyms: factual, particular
- Antonyms: unimportant, indefinite
- Usage: Sam has concrete information about the mission.
3. RENEGE (VERB): go back on a promise:
- Synonyms: reverse, welsh
- Antonyms: correction, accuracy
- Usage: People have reneged on a core promise laid out in the preamble of the constitution.
4. STIGMATIZE (VERB): disgrace:
- Synonyms: defame, denounce
- Antonyms: exalt, praise
- Usage: This action will stigmatise a set of citizens for their poverty.
5. REPLETE (ADJECTIVE): filled or well supplied with something
- Synonyms: awash, rife
- Antonyms: empty, unfilled
- Usage: History is replete with odious instances of countries that have differentiated between citizens in the past.
6. EXPLOITATION (NOUN): misuse:
- Synonyms: ill-treatment, wringing
- Antonyms: hospitable, generous
- Usage: It was an exploitation of the patented invention.
7. THRIVE (VERB): prosper:
- Synonyms: flourish, bloom
- Antonyms: cease, decrease
- Usage: It appears to believe that English can’t thrive as long as French survives.
8. MAGNANIMOUS (ADJECTIVE): generous:
- Synonyms: altruistic, charitable
- Antonyms: mean, selfish
- Usage: The panel is more magnanimous than Article 120(2).
9. CONCEDE (VERB): acknowledge:
- Synonyms: accept, cave in
- Antonyms: deny, refuse
- Usage: I had to concede that I’d overreacted.
10. STRIVE (VERB): make great efforts to achieve something
- Synonyms: aim, attempt
- Antonyms: neglect, dissuade
- Usage: They strive to make their respective languages prominent in governance and education.
