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1). Impose (Verb)Â
Definition: force (an unwelcome decision or ruling) on someone
Synonyms: foist, force, thrust, inflict, obtrude, press, urge
Antonyms: disorder, forger, displace, overlook
Usage: the decision was theirs and was not imposed on them by others
2). Unveil (Verb)Â
Definition:Â show or announce publicly for the first time.
Synonyms: reveal, present, disclose, divulge, make known, make public, air, communicate, publish, broadcast;
Antonyms: conceal, cover, hide, secrete, withhold
Usage: the Home Secretary has unveiled plans to crack down on crime
3). Minuscule (Adjective)Â
Definition: extremely small; tiny
Synonyms: tiny, minute, microscopic, nanoscopic, very small, little, micro, diminutive, miniature
Antonyms: vast, huge
Usage: a minuscule fragment of DNA
4). Commensurate (Adjective)Â
Definition: corresponding in size or degree; in proportion
Synonyms:equivalent, equal, corresponding, correspondent, comparable, proportionate, proportional
Antonyms: incompatible, unsuitable, inadequate
Usage: salary will be commensurate with age and experience
5). Retaliatory (Adjective)Â
Definition: (of an action) characterized by a desire for revenge
Synonyms: reciprocate, get, pay, retrospect, return
Antonyms: depart, lose, leave, take, forgive
Usage: fears of a retaliatory attack by the victim’s friends
6). Transpire (Verb)Â
Definition: occur; happen
Synonyms: happen, occur, take place, come about, come to pass, crop up, turn up, arise, chance, ensue, befall
Antonyms: vanish, remove, stop, quit
Usage: I’m going to find out exactly what transpired
7). Lynch (Verb)Â
Definition:Â (of a group of people) kill (someone) for an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially by hanging.
Synonyms: Â execute, hand, kill, murder
Antonyms: bear, create
Usage: her father had been lynched by whites
8). Suspicion (Noun)Â
Definition: a feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true.
Synonyms:intuition, feeling, impression, inkling, surmise, guess, conjecture, speculation, hunch, fancy, notion
Antonyms: believing, careless, certain, confident, convinced
Usage: she had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her
9). Enrage (Verb)Â
Definition: make (someone) very angry.
Synonyms: anger, incense, infuriate, madden, inflame, incite, antagonize, provoke
Antonyms: placate, please, calm, good-humoured
Usage: the students were enraged at these new rules
10). Reckon (Verb)Â
Definition: establish by calculation
Synonyms:  calculate, compute, work out, put a figure on, figure, number, quantify
Antonyms: abandon, cancel, displace, forger, disregard, disbelieve
Usage: the society can reckon among its members males of the royal blood
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