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01) chastened (verb) –
Meaning: Having a sense of guilt; Not excessively showy or lively; penalize for
wrongdoing
Synonyms: punished, disciplined, subdued, restrained, quiet, terrible, guilty, ashamed,
Degraded, demeaned, disgraced
Antonyms: esteemed, honored, untroubled, undisturbed, unruffled
Usage: It was a becomingly chastened Narendra Modi who stood att he nation’s
grandest pulpit at the Red Fort last Saturday
02) scurrilous (verb) –
Meaning: Slanderous or libelous in nature; Coarse, vulgar or abusive in nature; Not up
to the required standard or quality
Synonyms: unacceptable, dissatisfactory, suboptimal, abusive, vitriolic, vituperative,
defamatory, slanderous, aspersory
Antonyms: kind, mild, nice, friendly, complimentary, accessible, genuine, courteous
Usage: It is unfortunate that two tweets, and not any set of scandalous or scurrilous
allegations, have occasioned this heavyhanded treatment.
03) sobering (noun) –
Meaning: Not being under the influence of alcohol; Serious, grave or solemn in nature;
Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial
Synonyms: dispassionate, unemotional, collected, serious, Grave, solemn, severe,
clearheaded, straight
Antonyms: drunk, boozy, intoxicated, facetious, flippant, humorous
Usage: There was a sobering tone
04) serenading (noun) –
Meaning: A quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep; To sing or play a serenade
(for someone)
Synonyms: court, croon, divert, entertain, cradlesong, child’s bedtime song, chorus,
Antonyms: Calm, silent, quiet
Usage: Notwithstanding the periodic invocation of ‘national pride’ and the regular
serenading of the valour of our brave soldiers, the Narendra Modi regime appears
for now, determined not to let the hot heads in television studios ramp up conflict
with China
05) Dawn (Adj) –
Meaning: To make (a complex story or pattern) from a number of interconnected
elements; To make a duplicate or exact copy of; An account of connected events; to
mention as an example or reference
Synonyms: beginning, birth, genesis, inception, begin, start, appear, originate
Antonyms: dusk, nightfall, sundown, sunset
Usage; The falsity of the ‘Harvard versus the hardwork’ binary seems to have finally
dawned on the Narendra Modi crowd.
06) demagogue (noun) –
Meaning: A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection; Someone who orates
or delivers an oration
Synonyms: orator, lecturer, speaker, insurrectionist, revolutionary, insurgent
Antonyms: moderate, peacemaker, agitate, appeaser
Usage: Narendra Modi practises with considerable finesse the demagogue’s
familiar trick of imposing his slogans and prejudices as emerging out of a national
imagination.
07) delineating (adj) –
Meaning: To give a representation, or an account of, in art or literature; To render
comprehensible or understandable; To mark out the boundary or limits of; To give a
summary of
Synonyms: outline, summarise, define, bound, demarcate, clarify, explain, illuminate,
elucidate, describe, portray, depict
Antonyms: confuse, distort, conceal, withhold, hide, suppress
Usage: In the 108page opinion that largely draws upon past judgments
delineating the circumstances in which the Court will act.
08) recourse (verb) –
Meaning: The act of seeking assistance or advice; The action of imploring; Desperate
remedy; Place to hide, have privacy
Synonyms: refuge, sanctuary, haven, last resort, imploration, petition, plea, expedient,
resort, alternative, choice
Antonyms: blockage, hindrance, injury, obstruction disadvantage, loss
Usage: He was denying citizens recourse to justice for fundamental rights
09) ceded (Adj) –
Meaning: To give up (power or territory); To legally give up one’s possession or
ownership of (something); To exchange or give up something
Synonyms: change, exchange, interchange, transfer, convey, assign, deed, surrender,
relinquish, yield, concede
Antonyms: gain, keep, challenge, seize, conceal, deny, suppress
Usage: While the TNA has ceded ground to rivals on either side, political observers
have read the outcome as an unmistakable shift.
10) discordant (Adj) –
Meaning: Disagreeing or incongruous; Being, or causing to be, loud and unharmonious
in sound; Having a predisposition to fight or engage in confrontations
Synonyms: combative, bellicose, belligerent, clangorous, noisy, rackety, dinning,
disagreeing, conflicting, clashing, contradictory
Antonyms: harmonious, compatible, accordant, agreeing
Usage; Mr. Bhushan’s abrasive animad version of judicial conduct is no more
discordant than a former CJI
